Originally Posted by
Manuel
Yes indeed, perhaps the Burchfield Park was a mistake. Perhaps its mission was too grandios. Perhaps just a park, with no art, and activity component.
I think it was setup in the way it was because perhaps the thinking was "what do town boards know about art?", and volunteer concerned citizens might be better tasked with the job. It was never thought that these concerned citizens should also have to pay to do their volunteer job, or be unreasonably tasked to fund raise to run this park. The whole thing was done as sort of a hand shake, but new administrations, and handshakes are forgotten.
With regard to the building, Americorp is paying for the building through rent. High rent. Most likely, in fact, that building never would have been built had it not been for funding coming from Americorp.