The Public - Closed Before it Opened?
Today’s news that The Public are appointing administrators is sad. Hopefully the project can be put back on track.
Having worked in West Bromwich for six weeks in 2001, I don’t take much convincing that the area is deserving of serious investment in cultural regeneration. It’s too early to guess at the root of the problem or its possible solutions, but if it does turn out that £54million has been financially mismanaged into a dead-end then the people of Sandwell will have every justification in feeling angry about it.
I always thought there was something slightly millenium-domelike about the building project, and you do have to wonder what’s been keeping 84 people so busy, but when your organisation has been making do with next-to-nothing for 30 years it must seem inconceivable that a cheque for £40m will ever run-out. Looking at this page on The Public’s website you get a sense of yearning for the early years touring the Black Country in a beaten-up bus…
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