[NJblue]

My hope is that the PALMS group doesn't make things worse in an effort to make things better. I think that the Savannah Center is a great resource for the community in that it provides good entertainment at a very reasonable price - made possible by the low costs for the venue.

The PALMS group seems to think that there is a market for higher quality entertainment than what is presented at the Savannah Center. That may well be, but I'm concerned that this has become an either-or situation and that the net effect of this whole thing is that the Savannah center will no longer be available for low-cost entertainment and that the cost structure for any new venue will make it prohibitively expensive for low-cost groups to be brought in. That's bad enough, but if they misjudge the community's willingness to pay for the higher-priced acts and the new center folds up, then we will be left with nothing.

While the Church on the Square may not be a perfect solution to what PALMS is looking for, I hope they don't look the gift horse in the mouth thinking that their perfect solution will be economically viable. It seems that even if it is, we will lose the more affordale acts completely.