Middletowns Passion Will Sstain Art Center

“The one thing you have here is a tremendous amount of passion,” Verdin said. “And that is what is impressive.”

At the monthly business luncheon held Thursday by the Chamber of Commerce Serving Middletown, Monroe and Trenton, Verdin said what a poor economy has taught him is that businesses have to change the way they work to survive. Middletown’s downtown has changed throughout the years, and he said like the other art centers, the PAC will help give Middletown an art’s identity.

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I have a passion for cheeseburgers!

Seems like the city bought the Neyer Group to do the heavy lifting on east end, and bought Jim Verdin to do the heavy lifting downtown. To city council, and manager, Jim Verdin is a true

Verdin says "the PAC will help give Middletown an art’s identity". Might be true. The problem will be that this "art's identity" will only tickle the fancy of less than 1% of the population of the town. Hope there's a ----pot full of out-of-towners that plan to support this. Don't see much support from the locals as most of this town is comprised of "beer and NASCAR" types, not the "wine and cheese/bistro" folks.

Yes, The Meadows -- forgot how good their burger is.

Spider: Often, I will drive "non-stop" to the Madison Inn for the cheeseburger. They have some of the best food around. A very friendy and clean place also. Thursday, I had lunch with a local landscaper,(whom you know well). He had the Bacon-Cheeseburger Platter, 6 beers and it cost him $13. If you haven't already, check it out. I would even meet you there.  Jagster

Hmmm Jag---cheeseburger platter + 6 beers.

Spider:  Bluegrass every Sunday evening.

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I never realized that passion could pay my bills, improve my standard of living and give me an appreciation for business.  I always thought passion is what prompted me to be an artist. thank you for the "enlightenment"!

The PAC alone will not give Middletown an "art identity". If this project is not coupled with an economic engine to bring people downtown, the PAC will go the way of the downtown mall. I've said it before, ENTERTAINMENT is the economic engine that will give downtown an "art identity" by bringing people downtown. Hey city council, want to spend some more taxpayer money? Restore the Studio Theater instead of demolishing it; buy the Sorg Opera House and restore it. With venues for entertainment available, people will have a reason to come downtown and see what the artists at PAC are doing. You certainly seem to pull people during the summer with the Broad Street Bash. Wouldn't it be nice to have crowds like that downtown on a more regular basis? Might cause some other businesses to open downtown, like restaurants.

Where is the mob that occupied council chambers the evening that council voted to fund Verdin's art center? There were at least 30 or more "arts fanatics" who were adamant about having art downtown. The claims from the art-lovers was that the Verdin arts center, along with Cincy State, was going to be the catalyst for restaurants springing up and the downtown coming to life again. Has anyone seen these same people participating in this endeavor since that night? As I understand it, it has always been the plan to bring the arts center (and Cincy State) downtown and the amenities would follow, which goes against the grain that TonyB has posted when he says the PAC alone will not be able to revive the downtown on its own. At the rate the arts center is being developed (no studios completed/minimal construction happening, no car hoods-    and only 5 tenants so far), it may never be the trigger for downtown development nor will Cincy State the way it was handled.

Negative....whiners....yep, you bet. You would be too if you have seen over 40 years of ill-planned ideas leading to futile/failed efforts while wasting millions of money that was not theirs to waste. Even the most optimistic people would have developed a bad attitude if they had seen the clusters occuring in this town all these years....and it continues with no hope of ever seeing competency in our elected (and hired) officials. They have been, and are now, a cancer on this town.

Phearless Phosdick wrote: Somebody's passion is sustaining sumptin': THEY SAY THERE’S NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL, AND THIS OLD FOOL IS TURNING 70 ON APRIL FOOL’S DAY. STOP IN ANY TIME FROM 5-9 PM ON FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2011 AT MIDDLETOWN’S PENDLETON ART CENTER, 1105 CENTRAL AVENUE TO HELP CELEBRATE SAM ASHWORTH’S BIRTHDAY, THE OPENING OF HIS STUDIO, FOOL’S PRESS AND THE FIRST FRIDAY SOFT OPENING OF THE PENDLETON. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED. ABSOLUTELY NO GIFTS. TOO MUCH STUFF ALREADY. Us taxpayin fools is already pickin up the tab for this joint.  I guess its only right that Missy G find some way fer us to foot the bill fer this party too.

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