4 JULY 13-19, 2016
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With several projects up for discussion (a $60 million N.C. Civil
War History Center, a $40 million baseball stadium and a $58
million Performing Arts Center), Fayetteville has some decisions
to make. The problem with our community has never been that
we don't know what the right path or solution is (enter the
consultants), it's our enviable ability to always make the wrong
decisions and do the wrong things.
Here we have a trifecta of opportunity that can transform this
community for a mere $158 million. Considering the waste and
inefficiency of our governments, the positive economic impact of
the venues themselves, the resulting growth and development in
the city and a myriad of financial plans that can be spread over 15-
20 years, this is DOABLE. We may never have a better opportunity
to catapult Fayetteville and Cumberland County into the 21st
century, allowing us to take our rightful place
among other culturally enriched North Carolina
cities. In sports parlance, "this is ours to lose."
Architectural model of the proposed N.C. Civil War History Center.
PUBLISHER'S PEN
Conversion of opportunity for the Fayetteville
Community
by BILL BOWMAN
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