Convention Center/Med Mart Public Meetings Begin

September 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

The first public meeting, er, dog and pony show, regarding the Convention Center/Med Mart issue was held tonight. I read both the WKYC report (which basically said nothing except it was held and between 40-50 people attended), and the Joe Guillen post about it on the PD site. At least the PD site quoted some of the comments made by atendees, but I’m still left with questions.

1. Was Robert Brown or someone from his office there to answer questions like, how many of us regular people commented on the Planning Commission website pages that showed potential sites for the Convention Ctr? What did the people say who DID participate interactively?

2. Was their an explanation as to why the other sites were rejected?

3. The PD says part of the visual presentation went south because the technology failed. What was the basic premise in the dog and pony show?

Did anyone who blogs (or who reads this) attend the meeting? I’d love more information.

Interesting that several hundred people attended each of the RTA public hearings but it seems quite a few less attended this first meeting.

Next meeting is 5 to 7pm this Thursday at the Middleburg Heights Rec Center on Bagley Road just south of I-71. Peace Out - 3C

UPDATE: thankfully I twitter (@clevecarole), because the PD twitted the times had changed for Thursday’s meeting. Now when I look on the PD site, it’s not on the front page!!!

For some uknown reason, the Thursday meeting has been changed to 5:30 pm from 6:00 pm start time. I have no idea why anyone in the County, let alone Peter Lawson Jones, thinks holding a public mtg at 5:30pm on a weekday is convenient for people who work. Changing the date if there wound up being a conflict would have made more sense, no?

In any event, be aware of the new starting time. Thanks 3C

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