Performing Arts Centre Society Selects Company to Conduct Feasibility Study

Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:59 AM

The Prince George Regional Performing Arts Centre Society has chosen a New York City based company to examine the feasibility for a Regional Performing Arts Centre in Prince George.

Webb Management has been awarded the contract .

Society Board Chair Cliff Dezell says Webb Management has a great deal of experience in this area, “We are thrilled to have Webb Management doing this important work. This firm has been involved with Canadian performing arts feasibility studies (including the Chan Centre); and has joined with two other outstanding companies, Theatre Consultants Collaborative (an experienced US Theatre consulting firm) and LEC Quantity Surveying Inc., a Vancouver based consulting firm. This group had a quality work plan and involvement in developing cultural districts; and had energetic leadership and the best theatre expertise”.

Webb was one of 8 companies which submitted a proposal. The company’s web site says "Our core staff has professional experience as producers, presenters, performers, educators and/or fundraisers as well as training in business and finance, providing a thorough understanding of the creative and operational functions of arts and entertainment organizations. "

Over the next few months, the consultants will conduct a multi-phased study that will include broad based community consultation that connects with a wide range of performing arts groups and the general public. The consultation will ensure there is a solid understanding of the needs and potential use of a new centre. The consultants will also design a preliminary facility program, prepare a capital cost estimate, and conduct a site selection and operations assessment.

The study is expected to be complete by April 15, 2008.

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Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on November 13 2007 1:17 PM

New York and Vancouver consultants! I have this vision of a couple metrosexuals tipsying around town trying to not get their Oxfords dirty.

Not a bad choice really, these promoters should know their stuff. I just hope they aren't hired to write a report designed to please the PGRAC Society.

I hope City Council, as the sole target, is aware Webb might not be as unbiased as possible, considering they are in the business of promoting the "Arts".

Posted by: Death to Socialism on November 13 2007 1:33 PM

Too much dancing - not enough prancing. And a little mincing would be nice.

Posted by: Harbinger on November 13 2007 3:58 PM

New York City? A city so great they named it twice.

Posted by: charles on November 13 2007 8:49 PM

Next years civic elections (in Prince George) are going to be very interesting.

I think concerns about the local economy are going to beat out concerns about the terrible air quality in Prince George as the main election issue because the forest industry is going to be in much worse shape next year than it is now.

The following is from an article which is on Reuters News web site today.

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. housing market's skid is nowhere near over and could extend for another five or even 10 years, according to one of the most-watched housing economists."

"What's more, Shiller, who is also co-founder and chief economist of the financial firm MacroMarkets LLC, said predictions for a bottom within the next year or so are probably wrong, with price declines in 2008 possibly worse than those seen this year."

"Shiller is famous as author of the best-selling book "Irrational Exuberance," which sounded alarms about overblown stock market valuations just before the dotcom bubble burst in early 2000."

If anyone wishes to read the entire article, the following is the link to it.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1235621120071112

If our city council votes to spend a whole pile of taxpayers' money on this Performing Arts Center, only a few months before the elections in Novemeber, I think it is very likely a lot of them would lose their seats in the civic election in November.

I think respect for taxpayers' hard earned dollars is going to be a very big issue in next years civic elections due to the fact our economy is about to go south due to more layoffs in the forest industry.

Posted by: owl on November 13 2007 9:54 PM

"The U.S. housing market's skid is nowhere near over and could extend for another five or even 10 years, according to one of the most-watched housing economists."

Guess what. One day we are going to run out of oil ..... and one day the population of the world will no longer increase but will decrease.

Anyone who bets on future growth in numbers has to be dreaming. Anyone who looks at some of the countries in the world who have already had to face that reality internally, sees how they have accommodated that fact of life and nature, and begins to work on improving qulaity rahter than increasing quality is building a business for the future instead of the past.

I keep preaching that on here. Few seem to understand that, instead choosing to look at the sky and saying it is falling. We have to ignore those individuals because they will be the death of us rather than our leaders to take us into the economy built on different goals.

Posted by: Raparee on November 14 2007 2:56 PM

How much is this study costing, and who's paying for it?

Posted by: culturevulture on November 14 2007 11:07 PM

What this town needs is another hockey arena. Skip all this artsy talk. Everyone knows it's all BS. If the city does build a performing arts centre, the only acts that would come near to filling it are Country and Western and washed up Rock bands. Maybe they could bring back the hockey enforcers. You could call it the CK (Colin Kinsley) Centre. Now there's a name with pizzaz!

Posted by: Andyfreeze on November 15 2007 2:03 PM

How much of the money being spent came from taxpayers??
Elections are won and lost on this kind of thing and Colin Kinsley and the rest of council would do well to remember that,depending on what their plans for the future are!