Middletowns Passion Will Sstain Art Center
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Topic: Middletowns Passion Will Sstain Art Center
Posted By: randy
Subject: Middletowns Passion Will Sstain Art Center
Date Posted: Dec 03 2010 at 4:14pm
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From Middletown Journal
MIDDLETOWN — After opening three Pendleton Art Centers in struggling downtowns, founder Jim Verdin said one thing sets Middletown above the rest: Passion.
“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. Full Story here: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/middletown-news/middletowns-passion-will-sustain-art-center-1019495.html - Middletownjournal.com------------- Call me for a www.CameraSecurityNow.com" rel="nofollow - www.CameraSecurityNow.com quote 513-422-1907 x357 |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Dec 03 2010 at 7:19pm
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PASSION
–noun
1.
any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/love - love or hate. 2.
strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor. 3.
strong sexual desire; lust. 4.
an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire. 5.
a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire. 6.
a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music. 7.
the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him. 8.
an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words. 9.
violent anger. 10.
the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, esp. something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior ( contrasted with http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/action - action ). 11.
( often initial capital letter  ) Theology .
a.
the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper. b.
the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels. 12.
Archaic . the sufferings of a martyr.
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Posted By: jag123
Date Posted: Dec 03 2010 at 8:12pm
I have a passion for cheeseburgers!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Dec 03 2010 at 8:55pm
| Middletown an art identity? How many notches up the ring does it have to climb to reach that pinnacle from a pollution producing steel town, to the state capital of section 8, to the city with the worst maintenance record in the state of Ohio, to the fastest dying city in Ohio, to the city that refused the gift of a sculpture of Verity by AK Steel, that now stands somewhere on MUM's campus, to a passonate city of art lovers? I bet in a former life, he sold snake oil and tonic to stimulate hair growth and age reversal. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Dec 03 2010 at 10:00pm
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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
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Dec 03 2010 at 11:17pm
Jeeprs, the residents really got "hood-winked" by the city on the PAC deal. 
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 1:33am
| 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. |
Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 7:34am
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OK JAG---where do you get your favorite local cheeseburgers?
Everyone else?
I still prefer a medioum rare version from The Meadows.
I do eat at Checkers also--preferably for a pineapple malt.
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Posted By: Bill
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 8:07am
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Yes, The Meadows -- forgot how good their burger is.
How is that place still surviving?
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Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 8:40am
Middeltown has a passion for art ?? Gees..........  ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: jag123
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 8:55am
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
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 9:08am
| Well now, lets figure this. If the 200 couples who spend $100.00 once a year at The Manchester for the gala, and then go to Pendletown at least once a month, well now, there about $25,000. these so called high rollers like the McNeils, the Mulligan's, the Sacks, can spend. Well now, that's about $400. each month they will spend per artist, at the PAC. Well then, it will be financed by these top 200 aristrocrtas, the barons and lions of Middletown, so all is well in the city with hood ornaments. |
Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 9:18am
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Hmmm Jag---cheeseburger platter + 6 beers.
EVERY local landscaper that I know could qualify for that lunch.
Have never been to the Madison Inn, though the lure of Sonny Moorman and live bluegrass is always appealing. Might take you up on that offer. Would be glad to have the company.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 11:06am
| As Jimmy Buffet would say, "Cheeseburgers in Paradise"! Maybe Mr. Verdin could have him appear at the opening of PAC, with a nod to the good hamburgers served inside PAC. Ja, don't reveal your plans too much, 6 beers pushes anyone to about a 1.2 blood level, and lots of police out trying to make a buck from the public. Monroe going as far as flashing/scanning license plates parked in Krogers, outlet store, all over town, and seeing if anyone has an arrest warrant, anything, to make a buck. Guess thay need to find ways to pay back the nearly $ 1 million in $$$$$$ soent fighting Middletown and SunCoke. |
Posted By: jag123
Date Posted: Dec 04 2010 at 8:15pm
Spider: Bluegrass every Sunday evening.
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Posted By: wasteful
Date Posted: Dec 05 2010 at 6:02am
Let's see Middletown's residents passion for Food, Entertainment, Services, Medical care, etc. hasn't sustained the 100's of businesses which have left Middletown for Greener Pastures or failed. In other words Residents won't support a $3-4.00 for a hamburger but are going to go to the PAC in numbers willing to spend 100's of dollars to support 20 starving artist. Anyone want to buy a newly renovated I-75 Exit.............Cheap.
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Date Posted: Dec 10 2010 at 9:39pm
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 4:46am
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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. |
Posted By: TonyB
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 11:03am
| 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"! |
Posted By: TudorBrown
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 11:05am
Something tells me you didn't vote for Barack Hussein Obama? |
Posted By: TonyB
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 11:10am
| 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. |
Posted By: TonyB
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 11:11am
| Tudor Brown, you would be wrong in that assessment! |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 12:28pm
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. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 15 2011 at 12:47pm
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While the comment made have been in jest, or moronic if the poster felt whiners complained when their property values had been taken back to where it was many years ago, only the insane would say anyyone whom has a gripe about roads unpaved for 20 some years, school s built without filling them, and houses dropping value like a depression stock market needs to be put in a mental ward (or on city council) with the rest of those hallucinating and having drams of grandeurism.
As a pocketbook, I like it better when warm cash rubs against my sides, instead of dirty hands digging into me daily, providing no return in value.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 8:59am
I am shocked--shocked I tell you--that I did not get an engraved, personal invitation!!!
Wait, I know!!! It's probably delayed due to the earthquake. Yeah...that's it!!!
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Posted By: TonyB
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 9:57am
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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. Viet Vet
Actually, no; I don't think you're a negative whiner. It always seems that Middletown is at the back end of any wave that lifts the local economy. By the time our council sees it, plans for it, and finally acts on it, the benefits have crested and are on the way down. We wind up with expensive ideas past their useful life expectancy and the never endless debate about where did we go wrong.
Is there anyone in this town who can offer a coherent vision for what needs to happen to turn this around?
Anyone?
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 10:21am
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A) Outsourcing all jobs within city hall
B) Shut-down court system and jail
C) City GET OUT of real estate business
D) Have executabe plan to reduce secion 8 hosuing stock
E) Dedicate funds to street repair and infratsructure
F) Articulate the Cincinnati State deal. If you can't, it's non conceptual, and a waste of time and money.
G) Rely more on Butler Cty services including crime, downsize, and consolidation than the gouging of water bills, etc.
H) Quit using consulatnts who tell you what you want to hear and are paid to know.
I) Reduce income tax rate to 1%
J) Focus upon all citizens, not just a few whom know little or less than the city does.
K) Focus upon what a city is supposed to do- protect citizens, provide safe roads, and parks. Get out of airport, golf, and overall housing market.
L) Understand what a Master Plan is, and how it is to be executed, instead of meaningless generalities.
M) Eliminate leadership whom is ineffective and continues a pattern of denial and make believe. In other words, facing reality instead of holding on until retirement. Its called accountability.
Its a start. Too late? Think of Middletown as a melting pot....of nuclear rods. Maintain a safe distance 50 miles away.
Ferris
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Posted By: TonyB
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 10:40am
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Ferris- once you get past A and B of your plan, things get better. I for one do not want a private police force nor a private fire department. Close the court and jail? Not even a consideration.
After that, your plan starts to make sense. The city has no reason to be in real estate without a plan that serves the taxpayer, not exploit them. Reducing Section 8 housing will be the natural result of Federal and State budget cuts. Dedicating funds to street and infrastructure should be a no-brainer. Cincy State deal should never have been mentioned until Cincy State formally approved it. Until that happens...?
Now your plan goes awry somewhat. Rely on Butler Co. services? They can't provide what they are responsible for now, no way they could pick up the slack. Quit using consultants? It's supposed to be a cost-saving measure. It would help if they hired outside consultants who tell the truth. Reduce the tax rate? This city has a hard enough time providing services with the current rate.
The rest of these all deal with leadership. I appreciate your post.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 11:28am
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TonyB, thanks for the feedback. Let me expand on A and B. My reference was non police and fire, as they lgeally are of course, under ORC statutes. But, we certainly can outsource many secretarial functions and others. Perhaps a subset of A- volunteer fire men to supplment the dedicated force.
Lets talk taxes and consultants. Consultants are hired to provide the answers you want, or afraid to tell your constituents (that includes commercial business as well). If that is an impediment to the city manager's leafership, which one with apparent inside knowledge of the city provided, that's a problem currently.
Taxes at 1.75% are simply non competitive to other communities. You bundle in all the problems Middletown has, and attracting business and residents from other communities and states will never become sustainable. The outcome? Declining population and the death spiral.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 12:05pm
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Can anyone explain why the Middletown prosecutor charged a woman with a felony yesterday for the 75 accident for vehicular assault, when that area is an engineering failure and concrete barriers stand side by side with maybe a ft on each outward lane?
The construction has been poorly done and the design, really criminal. There were at least 3 back to back total wrecks at the Middletown exit in mid December during the first snow accumulation. The road is at a 20 degree slope, maybe 30.
But, when the state patrol says they have no idea what caused the accidents, other than hitting the concrete and bouncing into the middle lane, is the court serious about charging the driver with a felony? Gee, does Middletown need court costs and fines that badly. The poor woman could have been killed and is charged with a felony, how bad does it get.
Sorry, just saw something about the court above that made me think of the accident and a felonycharge for driving next to a slab of concrete.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: Mar 17 2011 at 1:34pm
| I read again the article, as there were two accidents, not one I had heard. Can anyone explain why the man, a druck driver, was charged with a felony, knowing the fact the concrete barrier gave no more than 12 inches before moving him to the center? |