It was good to see at least a healthy dose of skepticism regarding the City of Greensboro’s proposed Canada Dry land deal. Unfortunately, the two biggest skeptics, Mayor Keith Holliday and council member Tom Phillips, won’t be around much longer.
Another skeptic, council member Sandra Anderson Groat, will seek another term in November. Yeah, the N&R reported that Groat is in favor of the deal, but she added that the ACC Hall of Champions concept is “being pushed down our throat.”
With that in mind, we turn to Sandra Alexander, owner of Greensboro Scenic Tours, who writes in an (unposted) op-ed that city and business leaders should move their arses and move on the ACC Hall and the International Civil Rights Museum:
Clearly, the Greensboro business commnity should step up plans to build both the ACC Hall of Champions and the International Civil Rights Center and Museum immediately…..First Horizon Park and the Elon University Law School were ready in record time. While the baseball park caters to a homegrown crowd, these museums are apt to attract visitors from across the country, bringing with them a fistful of dollars that translate into jobs and tax revenue.
Herein lies an opportunity for Greensboro’s newly formed Greensboro Partnership to demonstrate the strength of real leadership in action. They should move aggressively to launch a collaborative effort between business and government to have these two museums up and running within a year.
Now that’s a lot to swallow.
