Here's results to date for my own Greensboro Performing Arts Center survey. The numbers remain low so they can't be considered represenative but unline the publishers of that push poll, I will keep you informed. Questions and results below, click here to take the survey.
1. Can Greensboro afford a performing arts center?
Yes 62.5%
No 37.5%
2. Should Greensboro build a performing arts center?
Yes 50%
No 50%
3. A Greensboro performing arts center should be
privately owned. 37.5%
publicly owned. 62.5%
Comments: "As being publicly owned it should function to provide a diverse array of entertainment that exposes all to opportunities for enjoyment."
4. Should a performing arts center be incentivized by the City of Greensboro?
Yes 50%
No 50%
5. Should Greensboro invest taxpayers' dollars in ways that will directly increase profits for businesses?
Yes 62.5%
No 37.5%
6. Greensboro's performing arts center should be located
Downtown. 50.0%
Northeast Greensboro. 12.5%
Greensboro Coliseum Complex. 12.5%
in another concentrated poverty neighborhood other than Northeast Greensboro. 25.0%
7. The Greensboro performing arts center should be managed by
Matt Brown. 14.3%
Greensboro Parks and Recreation. 0.0%
a public/private partnership like the Durham Performing Arts Center. 85.7%
Comments: "Other: Management selected by the private owners."
8. Should the Greensboro City Council resort to "certificates of participation" to build a performing arts center without the consent of Greensboro voters?
Yes 12.5%
No 87.5%
Comments: "If the taxpayers would have to foot the bill for "certificates of participation", then taxpayers should be allowed to vote on the item."
9. Will you vote come November to support a Greensboro performing arts center?
Yes 37.5%
No 62.5%
10. This is the final question: Do you think this survey was written fairly so that the choices you were given accurately reflect your feelings?
Yes 87.5%
No 12.5%
Comments: "I don't think that citizens have been given a choice as to whether they would be willing to support a taxpayer funded performing arts center. The people who are pushing this have skipped that step in decision-making."
If you've not taken my survey you may do so by clicking here. To learn about the official GPAC2012 "survey," click here.
If this is your first visit you might want to read the rest of the story starting with, Why Not East Greensboro? Thank you.
