The ‘hot seat’: So this is retirement?

Who'da thunk I would be doing this in my retirement — going to a local government committee meeting … To be the person answering questions!

As the Board secretary for a not-for-profit organization to renovate-and-restore the old Varsity Theater in the city's downtown area,
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I attended tonight's meeting of the city's Liquor Advisory Board — http://explorecarbondale.com/node/77 — to respond to any questions they might have about our application and future plans related to serving alcohol.

The “Varsity Center for the Arts” (as it's now called) is the permanent home for our area's community theater, and beer and wine is sold at their performances, as well as movie screenings and art exhibitions.

Interestingly, our application for a new class of liquor license (to save our non-profit a couple thousand dollars) was not the only one discussed at this meeting.

AMC Theaters (obviously a *for*-profit concern) would like to renovate their older theater in Carbondale with leather seats and install a bar as a part of the renovation. Apparently they have several of these set-ups across the country and it was interesting as a citizen and economist to listen to AMC's presentation and the Board's questions.

1 year ago (“Nepenthes alata”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-11-05
2 years ago (“Circle of stars”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-11-05
3 years ago (“Time to grow!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-05
4 years ago (“The rose bush thinks it’s still September or October!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-05

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