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AGENDA
COM:MUNITY REDEVELOPl\1ENT AGENCY
Monday, April 15, 1996, at 9:00 AM
City Commission Chambers
112 S. Osceola Avenue
Clearwater, FL 34616
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Minutes - March 18, 1996
3. New Business
a) Update on International Jazz Hall of Fame
b) Downtown Development Board's request to form a joint
board with the eRA
4. Executive Director Verbal Reports
s. Other Trustee Business
a) Election of Chair and Vice Chair
6. Adjournment
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the ,.,....nuat UnlC4WI 5utll !GcatJoWhomt of ,au: dI.tIftdIoa.. the ~ed
lite for III uNUqtuMCI coII.don of Jau ll\ed\OuWa, ~ W hlalOl1l
nnowned for tilt hJFoteeh. INmctlw, public education oIVInc aoceu 10 lIuch.
cIlad"IU18Md coDecdOh; IMOpltJoft .. the .Ice few tN cmJf ntIreJIw\t vIDap ,.
JAZZ MASTEU 1ft th: world. utkll\A1 and Iftta'natJonalet&tua.
J. PJUMAJly GOAL .
The pd.a\I.ry p!a ot the mteft\&t1oI\aI Jm Hall 01 fame (1JH1') II to ~ and
demoNuac.t appredAdoa b CUDeS\t. puc. U\cf lJt1Jte Ja.u ankta. THI MIl be ~""
throup four methodt: PIne.. the IJHP will atcure 'fM&e' beadu - Jag musk:IaN &ad Otha
pedotmk\a utl.w.1I\c:ludIr\a heahh, lie. acddmt &Nt dlsabDlty lMuraN:e U\d peMca\ beMIta.
A bequeath, wID ONI tNIW pla. pc=II wlU eonal'b\lU ~ the I"PPOC' cI thIa pi. TowaId thII
eruL d\e loud d~ oltbe IJHPhave tonmed &J\ II\lWUCt TaskPau ~oI
repftMnta1Wu tllOIM 01 1M I.up.8t 6lUI ~.. aedJtab1e caDpa&e. b\ tl.. UMcd
Stltft, to develop. prcpun to meet dU Med. SecoM. the III-IF w01 devtJop a RadeN! JI"
Muteq Rctimnent VD1aae Al, ,1ccatiOll b Jau IWkn to 1et1re and ~ Wlth ttvdll\ta.
the community at lalli_ and each other. n\ln. tJ\e IJIUI1dD ccN1K't aI\ lMuaJ tlltelMtioNl.
Jau KtU 01 'ame tnducl101\ AwudnJIe. nme AcN.~ I.ecqnldaft Onrr.ony. PcuIth.
the .JHF wdl coMua 1t&tk:N1 laIcftt .eueh c:cm.e1t1101cleft1lly and pOGWJC.e futuft )aD
talent.
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2. Ovtl'Yhw olTMI)HP MUlcum .. UueaUonal JNtlwtlona
TN pdIJwy objecdve ~the J)HP is to ~ ud pupetultt~. t.N.
nw1tl1a~ 1ft fomt that" AmerIcan Jus. 'naJa will 1.e .~hed the IJHlI
MUHWI\ and RJa* educ.ttiorW p-ostIlN k\ 1nualc mcl thI uti. 'Na lid the wmtaa J.
~,. .. AacJmyol~Am (caArA) 'ftbJch wm ~ INwcdoa . Illude
and aD. ot!w ~ 01 the ~ uti. with the wetWlttftl"oll Cuant lade ~
teMJw II ~t · ArtItt.la.~. . AGldoc\I1 CXCpoae!lClIftcWe 1ft acad.tIld ~
Gmeopie IftwnatloMJ INatute oftlw Jazz ~ (PG1JJM)ud the Max Roach Puw.dGn
Wlq b advanced .~tA ThIIINtltuu wID pNWSe Aft oppcdlA'\ky 10<<"""'" ..
~ ardttl to It1I4y wldl nadoatl and lnc.em.doNDy ~'"" Jau...... To daII I'.
end. tM I,m lw &dcAdW dvee renowntcI Jazz mAltGI to IeM .. JqIoNJ rec:ndun let
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studeate aM hu an .swIU lOIter 01 OWl dCYa\ unl....ltla an4 coDep. uouM the COW\ay
who ate InteNfUClln auppordna the PClUM campcnw. The IJHF wtJl a1Io Indude &1\
~CCRdJttd Uniwnlty 01 Ooepel Music which wd1 auphulle the CORUIbudoI\I 01 ppd mulic
an the deve1opncl\t of AmeatCl.l\ Jazz u . Uldque Amertcan 1ft fotm. Student (youth ud
adult) tu1tloa wUI help to IUppcrt thae canpol\a\ta.
TheIJHP M\UINID wm ICIYe N the maJer medw\i.tm throup which die pnml pubUc
wUl be c4uca~ and ~ Cumm Jazz tteNWa~dot. JOdaJ CDIltG.Ift4 tNIMduaJ
teIl-apmaion and mutlw kSw will be feaMtclla the bueraetlve dbpIays. A pamaneAt aNt
two tIIvtUn, uhlblu per yur, FM'Jna to tour travdb\a ohlbltl per yur. wID provide NUonIJ
ancllntemational txpOfute and canulbuu to the fe\ItmJe ~dnl pateadal ~ the muaeum.
A GIft SHOP wlD provide I ~ of Jla memorabWa. 1O\M!I\In. ~. re8Wd\
pubUcadaN. T..1dru. po.taI. cap, I1thcpaphl. dc.Jpu J.we1Iy. etc. and MM II aD Ql\-pn,
eoun:e 01 re.VCI\ue. A RSSTAlJRANT anNes marJc &rei will aupport this COMept aM provIc!t
another, W;er IOWa of ~f I
Moreover, the IJH' II\UlewD WID abo provide the ~ ecaue, fer thG bbtodca1
nudy of ~Zl and tdate4 1lll\lllc fomu. The IIH' Muaeum wID W,LJde a DIIoosnph tee- a
compehendve col1ecdca 01 tApU. d!IcI, and ak ehedo of JIU pafcmafto!. . on! iditol)' by
and .bout Jazz penondtJa aM artistJ. photopP.hJc Utd 81m ~ md I ~1AI' co11ecdoI\
01 muaJw lNt.Nmentl. A ICCdol\ 01 the lIMP MuIeum wiD be dedk2rec1 co I coDet.doft tJI
Wl1tten Jazz that wm lDd...lead ,heeu (ortpW CIr by muak ate:rqrapby) tllmpoIWlt
tJ\Nn\ble jau worD aNt ~ Hbrada. a Jibruy,Qf reIa~ ethftocmuf~ 1Odo~
.tudlea. coDcc:dona Il1Oft08Rpha. and h1IUII)' 01 j&u IOOU. M~. .u~ 1mN:Nt wW
be e.tablished In each WIt 01 JAZZ: St. LcuII. New OdW\8. CIdcaao. ICanIu Clty. and New
York.
J. The QHF PetfOI'ftW'ilCG Vcmae
nu component wID ~ rspoNlbte for coordInatma. ~ aNI ~ 1
vanny 01 yar-1'OWld fatMII an4 Jau re1ated actlYJda tIuwP 1M ~ ~Jua attJtu
lor enuruJnmtnt ~t the holt elty leatufl.t\l the PCIIfM aI'dN-Jft.ral&ma, pwWIItc
. centrallucl computerSMCJ JUI udal ~ oema, ~I eca\CtlU, mI ppd cor.cuu
hm rhe CMPA voice paopm. AddJdccWJy, me aMUIJ [ftducdoft AwardnJfe-dJItIe
AcNcvanmt ~ CeftmoNea aM lelatr.d .utcpph 1tNIoN. wID be ded to the
pedormara venue to proYl4c IUbIWltia11nc:ome for operadoIW aM tddanhIp elemmtl ~
the IJIfF.
BNentlaDy, the lpur ~ venue wm .awl)' the ~ ~ 1) ~
an opdmum location 1m Jau Mutera to paIozm for the pab1k at 1aqe. 2) ab ttudeftU.
the Acade2ay and the IMltut.o to perbm lor the fUbUc &llule. 3) pwat.a IJl ~
eource ollCYcnue thtou&fi pbal.atelllte UINIJ\!Nlon oIJaa Masur ~ IMi
through ta1~ oIwt.o uuI audlotapccl ~nca. ancI4) laW .. . JalW 1acdl9'er \lie In
tht 9fOdumLm ot rtcordinp bf Jau mASten. OJwuzly cancat pafarmMca tW \0
wcd.shopleemlnan, conference. aNI the ~tkmal componcnc YIiIl Mil tuppl the IIH'.
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,,~ teCOnl!alY pi fII thlIIHP II to beatow IUbauntIaJ ~ bcu8ta OIl I hen
dty or reaSon. CWft u oWr haIb ~ fame 'hI1Ile proc!uced tor 1bett,.an. Par wl1lJll. an
eCOl\omk &n.al)'lla of tN lode Ik. RDI1 MtaIeUm In eJ.v.lahd ....te4 that wbeft it bepn
operatlou In 1995. It ~ draw A mbdmum of 500.00 to 700.000 vWtcft A1U!' and pump
tI\ at Iwt 120 mlDIon In 6eet toUre. doDalllnto die local ~. 0dMr h&IIa 01 fame
a1ra4y count, WIton In "'- hundnda cI thcuMftde. The CountIy .. Wenem Hall d Fame
In NuhvlDc draWl weD cwa 400.000 pc:r)'Uf. 1ft the wIy 1 me; the 1aaeba1l HaD oI'ame In
CcopemOMl ltUICtI tN. ~,OOO vllltocl: and the PootbI11 HaJJ oI'ame 1ft Cantal cIrawJ
203.84' YlsItcn. .
The 11H' It .uq to draw nation.al md lnu:ma\ional aecI.aflIl due co &he IUon& support.
endcnemenu. ael pankiplUoft 01 w tau and popular entatlln'MM COINft\lfthr. Wodcl
(amoua laa pe~ ucI.uppOGm an ap.ty awal~=~" ~ lOIW 01
IUpportm Include the late Coua\t I&IIc. the Count Baise IDa AczaeraId. CIarIL
Teay. Oacu Pct.eftOn. 1Joael Hampton. Max Ito.ch, CeDa Atae. Joe WiD..... I1U Coeby,
Lou DotuJdIon, AI Hln. 1lto Puenu. ,rank Potter, Hank Oawlcxd, JImIly McOd.1tIInoIa
Jacquet JatneS Moody. AI Cr()'. LouIe "Ilton. ~ .Sweeu. EdIIon. Lou laa.
Con&mmwt 1. Conyers. the CcltpuIonaJ BJael( c'ucue, the NatlODll BwJo\vmmt 01 the
Am, CUm Eamtood IJId man)'. DW\)' mote.
5. NUO FOR A Clm"RALlUD IPfORT and Pam&Ml\& HolftO for Jau
A lot 01 \YOlk II Mrdcd U) dcae OUt the fl1'It tcntwy ~)au made. WhJle m&nJ
orpnludcN have WOJbd cJdIcaltly to praaw die na~'. Jau hatl.aFt thee eft'lJlIU ~\'C
been fnpented and hw!equate. Pew Iocadono acroa w count!)' an ckwJopq JuI
~ aM few INtltudoN are ~ 'azz mated-" tom w ~
The lau John I. -Day" CIDeIpic. who eeIWd III RaJaII)' NadoNl QWrmal 01 the
flHF until his death, IUt.e4 'nIl~' 1m H.n t'" " ... &W"" /lilt ...".,
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The IJHF bdn&t . caDetucn of ~ Uthopphl and ca10t pdnu c:atl8ed aNI
Ipp:alM4 at a w1ut J a~'ft-teIy .. .11tkc\. Add!dorLtDy, the IJIDI ~ with the
fDUowIrC atdla<< ea1JeedCft,l and pWp. valuecl It over S l' miJIan1 .
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end cechnka1 ."tanClDt etc. vaJuecl.t O\a S 1 mOHoaJ
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A. !nusprbe Zotv type f~"'pdo:u
a. InIrutIudure Dc.wlopuftt Icr ......lzadon, lOAd ~. etc.
C. PIIwdaI...wa with opt.Qt1Gnd ~ Ice the fba\ 3 ~UI
D. s.Ja T... SeJeI al\d odiIr Tax ErmpdoN
I. Reducdon 1fAdI0fl ~ at...
P. Law mtnMt.1cnI Uftn uect baed toaa peebp
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B. Su~!tom the Mayor III I4entltyfna . bfa1\ IMI -11\11 JtIbbcln- Ta.
Parce. uaIItara In ~ II -dwI\pfor\. II the poJect and ~
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Members of the Downlown Development Board
David P. Stano
Proposed merger with the Community Redevelopment Agency
April 9, 1996
I propose thai this Board explore the possibility of merging the DDB with the CRA to create a true
publk-private partncrahip that couldenhan" the ovmD objective of executing the Downtown
Redevelopment Plan.
Purpose: In my opinion the lack of substantial redevelopment in the Downtown Core has been a
Jack of synCIBY between the Public and Privatc aector (Stakeholders) in rhe DoMllown
RccS.Mlopmcnt DistricL Over the years the DDB, City, eRA. and other downtown interest',
haw been diametrically opposed over who, what , where and how things should be done. Some
projects or ideas that have moved fOlWard or not anoved forward did not ~ the input or
b1cuing of aD or even a majority of interested parties. I feel that if the public body that has the
power to make things happen was controDcd cq1Wly by stakeholders in the redevelopment district
and clcetcd public officials the opportunity to move forward in unison arc greatly ~ced.
Concept: Merge the DDB and eRA into one entity preserving aU the powers and revenuc sources
of each.
Control: I recommcnd a board of ten trustcca comprised of thc five Elccted City Commissioncn
and five E1ccted Rcprcscntativcs that arc property owners within the defined district.
Problems: There could be obstaclc's such as conflict with existing ordin.anccs, statues or
regulation wldch may have to be overcome.
Tbero could be concern over a large contingent liability of the CRA if it could negatively impact
Cbe DDB revenucs.
Recommended approach: Hold meetings with the TrustCClof thc CRA 10 explore this
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PITTSBURGH' CONSIDERS JAZZ HALL OF FAME $50,000 STUDY TO WEIGH FEASIBILITY
OP PROPOSAL
Rocky Mountain News (RM) - SUNDAY JANUARY 21, 1996
By: TOM BARNES PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Edition: BULLDOG Section: NEWS/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL Page: 34A
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PITTSBURGH - Officials here are talking about creating a jazz hall of fame.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority has chipped in $10,000 toward a
$50,000 study aimed at determining whether building a jazz hall of fame and
museum is feasible.
Other study funds will come from the Pittsburgh CUltural Trust, the Buhl
Foundation and Blue Cross, said Richard Roberts, a jazz buff and owner of a
marketing firm.
Asked how realistic it is to think of a jazz hall of fame in Pittsburgh,
deputy mayor Tom Cox, chairman of the board of the redevelopment authority,
said, WWe're agnostic on that until we have a chance to scrutinize it more.
But a lot of people thought the Rock 'n' Roll Harne of Fame was a cockamamie
idea, but apparently it's outgrowing every other attraction in Cleveland."
Cox, who worked in Cleveland from 1989 to 1993, said, "These things add
a 'destination asset' to a city. Besides, Pittsburgh has a glorious history
in jazz. We thought it was worth $10,000 to take a look at the idea."
Roberts said Pittsburgh's contribution to the jazz world includes
pianist Errol Garner, singer Billy Eckstein and guitarist George Benson.
Roberts said the eight-week study will gauge the hall's potential for
attracting visitors, the economic impact on Pittsburgh, the cost of the
project and possible funding sources.
Roberts said the feasibility study will be done by Orion Consulting of
Cleveland, which worked on the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame project.
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JAZZ
Bt. Paul, Pioneer Press (ST) - Sunday, -December- 31, 1995 ·
By: Bob Protzman, Jazz Critic ,
Edition: Metro Final Section: Showtime Page: 6E
Word Count: 763
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It sounds corny, but it has a feel-good quality. So many jazz movies dea:
w~th. the downfall of somebody - Chet Baker, 'Bird,' "Round Midnight, ,
B11l1e Holiday. They're all very depressing, and that is not what jazz was
and is to me - joy and happiness and fun and good-natured. 'Great Day'
makes you proud to love jazz." - First-time filmmaker Jean Bach talking
about "A Great Day in Harlem," her 1994 Oscar-nominated documentary about
a photograph of 58 jazz musicians taken in 1958 on the stoop of a
brownstone in New York's Harlem.
He conveyed to me through recordings and in concert the notion that no
holds are really barred in jazz, that it's about exploration. He showed me
more than any other singer that jazz singing is about establishing your own
sound, your own ideas - just as musicians do. More than anything, though,
he taught me that jazz singing is about throwing caution to the winds and
jumping off cliffs." - Emerging Chicago jazz vocalist Kurt Elling - who
got into jazz as a student at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter -
talking about how he's been influenced by the. great Mark Murphy, with whom
Elling often is compared.
We're honored to have you as a member of the Twin Cities jazz community.
You are now officially one of us." - Twin Cities drummer and Artists'
Quartet operator Kenny Horst at the Novemberinduction of renowned jazz
organist Jack McDuff into the Minnesota Jazz Hall of Fame.< He used to call
me 'Popcorn' because I played so fast and was allover the place. But he
also let me know early on that technique is only half the battle. He taught
me that music was not all about standing up there and playing riffs and
things I had practiced at high speeds trying to impress people, but that
music was conversation, a dialogue among the musicians and listeners." -
Young guitarist Mark Whitfield on McDuff, with whom he played from late
1988 to early '90.< I believe that my gift of music came from God. I am
thankful for the opportunity to be a musician, and to show my gratitude, I
do everything I can to lift up people." Promising jazz pianist Cyrus
Chestnut talking about why he includes hymns and spirituals on his albums
and in performance.
If I could tell you why I've made so few recordings, I'd be a
millionaire. I guess it's just that many are called, but few are chosen.
It's certainly not because I haven't tried to be the best musician you
could be, the best person you could be and the best businessman, too. But,
heck, there are a lot of other people in the same situation as me." - Jazz
pianist Harold Mabern, who, like other talented jazz musicians around his
age (he'S 59), has been overlooked by record companies in favor of the
so-called Young Lions.
I'm a very tough critic of my own work, so it is very difficult for me
to listen to myself. Even today, when I'm recording and we're editing, I
hate listening. This is a big drawback, because it probably would be
informative for me to go back and listen to my older stuff. I probably
could get a lot from what I was doing a long time ago. But maybe I'm afraid
I'd try to recapture something. It's sort of a superstition - like not
wanting to be photographed." - Tenor-sax great Sonny Rollins on the fact
that he doesn't listen to his albums.< I call it my blessed cross that bear
every day.
From age ~3 until this very moment, I'm tryin to learn this instrument.-
- Virtuosic, Grammy-winning jazz and classical clarinetist Eddie Daniels on
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the challenge of mastering his instrument.
God, the things we went throughl" - Pianist and public-radio host
Marian McPartland on the trials and tribulations of pioneering women jazz
musicians.
Maybe I'm speaking out of turn, but too many people are being touted
today as great when they may someday be great, but aren't great yet,
Someone like (pianist) Jacky Terrasson, who I had a great time playing
with, could be great." - McPartland on what she sees as the overuse these
days of the word "great.' '< I think 'Love and Peace' will end the
questions from critics about whether I'm a serious jazz singer."
Paris-based Dee Dee Bridgewater on
pianist/composer Horace Silver. She
performances on a recent u.S. tour
Cities show) received rave reviews.
her new Verve album of songs by
was right. The record and her
. (including a knockout Nov. 26 Twin
Copyright (c) 1995, St. Paul Pioneer Press
1/9/10 (Item 2 from file: 702)
DIALOG(R)File 702:Miami Herald
ee) 1996 The Miami Herald Publishing Co. All rts. reserve
08501916
YOUNG CIRCLE MAY BE HOME FOR JAZZ MUSEUM
Miaati Herald (MH) - THO "Jan~1,~-1996 .
By: ELAINE WALKER Herald Staff Writer
Edition: BRWRD Section: BRWD N Page: lBR
Word Count: 422
TEXT:
For eight years it has been the land in downtown Hollywood nobody wanted.
Now, three groups are
Circle called Site
spark downtown's rebirth.
The proposals include plans for the new home of the International Jazz
Hall of Fame; a condominium or apartment building with affordable housing;
and luxury apartments with shops.
clamoring for the one-acre vacant parcel on Young
II -- that city officials have long dreamed would
~It's a sign that the development community is watching what's going
on in downtown Hollywood," said Kim Jackson, executive director of the
city's Community Redevelopment Agency.
The city has just completed a multimillion-dollar project to renovate
Harrison Street. During the past year, 15 new restaurants, cafes and
businesses have opened or are scheduled to open in downtown Hollywood.
The redevelopment efforts, the city's location as a tourist area and
the annual jazz festival make Hollywood attractive to the Jazz Hall of
Fame.
.We thought it would be a good match, "said Shelly Liebowitz, the
hall's search committee chairman.
Jackson wants any development on Site II to fit with the city's
long-term plans for down.town. She and city staff also have to determine
whether the proposals are financially feasible.
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"We're
going on,"
accepted. "
in a position to be selective about the type of development
Jackson said. "If it's not the right proposal, it shouldn't be
Mayor Mara Giulianti agrees. "Because things are happening downtown,
it's only a matter of the right time for this site,. she said. The City
Commission has the final decision.
The proposals:
* International Jazz Hall of Fame -- whose members include Benny
Goodman, Ella Fitzgerald and the Count Basie Orchestra -- wants to relocate
from Kansas City, Mo. The 40,0000- to 60,000-square-foot complex would
include a museum, gift shop and educational facilities. It is expected to
draw at least 500,000 visitors per year, who would spend between $S million
and $10 million in the area.
* Young Circle Partners, which has developed apartment complexes in
Dade, proposes a 10-story apartment complex with 100 units or an
eight-story condominium building with 80 units. The apartments for low- to
moderate-income families would have monthly rents of about $240 to $600.
The condominiums would range from about $70,000 to $100,000.
* The Gampel Organization, which developed Presidential Circle and
the Hallmark building on Hollywood beach, has proposed a 15-story, 153-unit
luxury apartment building with monthly rents of $800 to $1,000. It would
include a parking garage and shops on the ground floor.
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(c) 1996 Richmond Newspapers Inc. All rts. reserve
08171020
ONCB THE MONARCHS RULED lfANS~ITY
Richmond Times-Dispatch (RI) - Tuesday ~a~~~g9S
By: Steve Clark
Edition: City
Section: Area/State
Page: B-1
Word Count: 603
MEMO :
(ljb) Column
TEXT:
Unlike some of today's athletes, Buck O'Neil never wore an earring.
Neither did any of his contemporaries who played for the fabled
all-black teams that flourished for years before the Brooklyn Dodgers broke
baseball's color line by signing Jackie Robinson.
"No earrings," O'Neil said. "But we did wear jewelry -- necklaces and
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gold chains. You had to keep up with the other fellows."
The smile on his face was wide enough to reach a curveball way off the
plate.
Buck O'Neil was talking about the old days one recent afternoon while
showing some visitors around the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas
City, Mo. The visitors were a group of newspaper columnists who were in
Kaycee for a
convention. Columnist Bill Tammeus of The Kansas City Star told O'Neil we
were from allover the country.
"Wherever you're from, " O'Neil said, "I think I've been there."
Richmond?
"Oh, sure, " O'Neil said. "Richmond had a wonderful restaurant named
Slaughter's. ' ,
Longtime Richmonders with long memories will tell you O'Neil knows of
what he speaks. For many years after it opened in the 1920s, the dining
room at Slaughter's Hotel in Jackson Ward had a reputation in Richmond's
black community as the best restaurant in town.
John "Buck" O'Neil was one of America's best baseball players in the
1930s and 19409. But because he was black and therefore not in the major
leagues, his talent and his name remained obscure for years.
O'Neil's name recognition took a sharp turn upward last year when his
smiling face and engaging personality became familiar with millions of
Americans who saw him on Ken Burns' baseball documentary that was televised
by the Public Broadcasting Service.
If you liked Buck O'Neil on TV, you'd love him in person. A gregarious
man blessed with a command of language, O'Neil in the flesh is even more
charming than the gentleman you saw on TV.
O'Neil is 83, but YOU'd never guess it by looking at his body. He stands
a little over 6 feet tall and still looks lean enough to put on a No. 22
jersey and take the field for the Kansas City Monarchs, the most famous of
all the black teams that barnstormed the country for four decades.
On this day, he was wearing one of the museum's souvenir T-shirts,
casual slacks and a baseball cap. The visiting newspaper columnists
marveled at his streamlined figure.
What's the secret?
"Mostly genes," O'Neil said. "All the men in my family were tall and
slim. But I also learned a trick from my father, who taught me to get up
from the table when I still wanted to eat some more."
O'Neil is chairman of the board of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,
which had its grand opening last year in a former clothing store at the
corner of 18th and Vine streets, the heart of Kansas City'S moet historic
black neighborhood.
Once, the neighborhood prospered with shops, restaurants and jazz clubs.
"We had some glorious times on this corner," O'Neil said. "You should
have seen it when the Monarchs were in town. ' ,
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The neighborhood'. glory has faded. It shows all the signs of urban
decay, including rundown buildings that are boarded up.
O'Neil,
activity.
building
Pame.
'..We're
will ever
Vine. · ,
however, hopes the neighborhood soon will be jumping again with
Construction is scheduled to begin later this summer on a large
that will house both the ba8e~11 museum and a.new'Jazz Hall of
trying to turn it around," O'Neil said. "But I don't think it
be like it was when everything was happening here at 18th and
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DESCRIPTORS: COLUMN; BASEBALL; HISTORY; BLACK;
1/9/18 (Item 1 from file: 713)
DIALOG(R)File 713:Atlanta J/Const.
(c) 1996 Atlanta Newspapers. All rts. reserve
08514289
Pittsburgh ~ants hall for jazz
Atlanta Constitution (AC) - Sunday, January~.1.4.,...1996.
By: Tom Barnes PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Section: NATIONAL NEWS Page: A/7
Word Count: 448
TEXT:
Pittsburgh - Move over, Cleveland. Pittsburgh is talking about getting its
own musical hall of fame - ja2z, not rock 'n roll.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority and other groups are funding a $50,000
study aimed at determining whether creation of a Jazz Hall of Fame and
Museum is feasible, probably somewhere downtown.
Other study funds will come from the Pittsburgh CUltural Trust, the Buhl
Foundation and Blue Cross, said Richard Roberts, a jazz buff and owner of a
marketing firm.
Asked how realistic it is to think of a Jazz Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh,
Deputy Mayor Tom Cox said: "We're agnostic on that until we have a chance
to scrutinize it more. But a lot of people thought the Rock 'n Roll Hall of
Fame was a cockamamie idea, but apparently it's outdrawing every other
attraction in Cleveland."
Cox, who worked in Cleveland from 1989 to 1993, said, "These things add
a 'destination asset' to a city. Besides, Pittsburgh has a glorious history
in jazz. We thought it was worth $10,000 to take a look at the idea."
Roberts said Pittsburgh's contribution to the jazz world includes
pianist Errol Garner, singer Billy Eckstein, guitarist George Benson and
man}'" othe rs .
Roberts said he hoped the study could start soon and take about eight
weeks. It will gauge the hall's potential for attracting visitors, the
economic impact on Pittsburgh, the cost of the project and possible funding
sources. He estimated the cost at $25 million. He suggested that an
existing building would be rehabilitated, rather than have new
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construction, as happened in Cleveland. He estimated the Jazz Hall's size
at 50,000 square feet, about half the size of the Rock Hall.
Roberts said the feasibility study will be done by Orion Consulting of
Cleveland, which he said worked on the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame project.
"We are hoping the study will show the viability of the project," said
Roberts. He said he wanted the hall of fame to be one of the new breed of
museums where visitors would get involved and not just look at static
exhibits.
Roberts envisions "interactive exhibits," where visitors would push
buttons to hear and see jazz greats from the past and present, and three-
dimensional holograms depicting musicians playing. He said the facility
would be educational and entertaining.
Roberts is working with Nathan Davis, a University of Pittsburgh music
professor and jazz program director who in 1977 started his own
International Academy of Jazz Hall of Fame at the Pitt Student Union.
Roberts said he knew of no other cities interested in a Jazz Hall of
Fame, but Davis said a Kansas City musician, Eddie Baker, had been trying
to build one there.
Copyright 1996 Atlanta Newspapers Inc.
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08545062
JAZZ MUSEUM OVERDUE
Pittebuxgn Post-Gazette CPT) - WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1996.
By: CAROLYN TERNER SQUIRREL HILL
Edition: SOONER Section: EDITORIAL Page: A-16
Word Count: 255
MEMO:
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TEXT:
I was alternately delighted by Steve Hallock's Jan. 31 Midweek Perspectives
piece (-Let's Go, Jazz Museum") regarding the proposed -National Jazz Hall
of Fame and Museum" and appalled by Jeremy Bagott's sour and pedestrian
attack upon the same (-Hall of Delusions?") .
Clearly, the mistakes made by Los Angeles in the course of the
"Entertainment Museum" fiasco do provide lessons from which we can learn.
But at the risk of belaboring the obvious, I must point out that Pittsburgh
isn't L.A. -- thank heavenl In this case, Pittsburgh's lack of glitz and
glitter and emphasis on substance, rather than style, clearly work to our
advantage.
For example, the 10 years' investment wi thol.lt return on the Los Angeles
project is profoundly offensive to a commllnity which prides itself on its
ability to get the job done. Any good manager is capable of creating a
time-line with structured decision points to avoid procrastination and to
minimize waste of time.
And, clearly, the leadership for the Pittsburgh jazz museum project
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should be provided by private and nonprofit sectors rather than the
government. If it is worth investing $200 million -- and I believe it is --
in a new baseball stadium to preserve a valued tradition, then it makes
sense to put 25 percent of that amount to work honoring this most uniquely
American art form.
As a lifelong student and fan of jazz, I feel that this idea is long
overdue. As a citizen, I can think of no more worthwhile investment in our
common future.
Copyright 1996 PG Publishing Co.
1/9/25 (Item 3 from file: 718)
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08531102
HALL OF DELUSIONS? PITTSBURGH, DON'T JOIN THE L.A. BOONDOGGLE HALL OF FAME
Pittsburgbr- Post-Gazette (PT) - WEDNESDAY '\JANUARY 31''''',;01996.
By: JEREMY BAGOTT
Edition: SOONER Section: EDITORIAL Page: A-9
Word Count: 683
MEMO:
Jeremy Bagott is a copy editor at the Los Angeles Daily News.
TEXT:
LOS ANGELES - Pittsburgh's proposed "National Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum"
is now into the Urban Redevelopment Authority for $10,000, money granted to
determine the project's feasibility. Take it from a spectator and unwilling
finarlcier of two urban revitalization "museums" in L.A. -- cut your losses,
Pittsburgh, and run.
Not that there's anything wrong with a hall of fame and museum for jazz
music per se. It would serve as a lasting monument to a uniquely American
art form. And if Pittsburgh doesn't build one, some other city is bound to.
The folly of such a project lies in its attempt to combine the goals of
modern urban redevelopment -- alone, a murky subject on which few can agree
with the educational goals of a museum and the amusement goals of
something resembling a theme park. Add a passel of local politicians, city
hall insiders and fussy show biz types and you have all the ingredients for
disaster.
That Deputy Mayor Tom Cox and others aren't more restrained when they
cllaracterize the newly built Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland as a
success is disturbing, and perhaps a signal that the jazz museum plan is
gathering momentum in the minds of some, regardless of its chances to
attract a large number of visitors and recoup the tens of millions it will
cost.
Whether the Cleveland attraction will draw its projected million
visitors yearly is anyone's guess. And, to be realistic, it's not likely
that many promoters will reroute trade shows and conventions to Cleveland
from such places as Orlando, New Orleans or Las Vegas so that middle-aged
pharmaceutical salesmen can ogle the skivvies of the Artist Formerly Known
as Prince or "interact" with a computer image of Sammy Hagar playing air
guitar.
Even if such diverse elements as urban revitalization and entertainment
can be successfully merged, urban renewal planners shouldn't be the ones
calling the shots. The urban redevelopment people, remember, are the folks
that brought us those blighted, crime-ridden city housing projects during
the last round of American urban revitalization. Can they really be counted
on to oversee the building of educational or amusement venues?
In Los Angeles' most failed experiment in the genre, $1.4 million of
taxpayer money was spent over a 10-year period on a Pl:oposed "Entertainment
Museum," which was touted as the cornerstone in tattered Hollywood
Boulevard's revamping.
Stars like Carol Burnett, Jimmy Stewart and Debbie Reynolds clamored to
support the project early on. Later, black-tie Tinseltown fund-raisers
attracted newer members of the glitzerati, Laura Dern, Keith Carradine and
Jeff Goldblum.
At the galas, fawning, star-struck city council members rubbed elbows,
sipped champagne and munched blinis with celebs. An influential state
senator even got into the act.
An aide to the same state lawmaker was brought in to manage the museum's
planning and paid an annual salary of $96,000, a car allowance of $6,600
and other benefits.
When all the partying was over, $800,000 in seed mOtley had been pried
from state coffers and spent, along with $500,000 in urban redevelopment
funds. Even Los Angeles' transit authority had forked out $25,000 for a
cocktail party. And no museum ever materialized.
The project has since been shut down and the state attorney general's
office has ordered an investigation into the matter.
If our experience is any gauge and it may not be -- Pittsburgh
taxpayers could soon find funds, money better used for libraries, school
music programs and parks, being diverted into the jazz museum project
faster than a Philly Joe Jones drum solo and in moves more subtle and
intricate than a Thelonious Monk harmonic substructure.
And as far as the jazz museum's value as a "destination asset," a term
which is used as a rallying cry by backers of these potential boondoggles,
is it realistic to expect that residents of Seattle, Atlanta or San
Francisco will flock to Pittsburgh to pay homage to John Coltrane?
But with much of its $92 million price tag funded by Cleveland
taxpayers, does it even matter?
LIB7
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08531101
LET'S GO, JAZZ MUSEUM CP!!'TSBURGH-IS THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR A SERIOUS JAZZ
HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM - - BUT WE MUST PURSUE IT WITH BODY AND SOUL
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PT) - WEDNESDAY ..JAliUAR.Y.-1.;'3.1.....J,,~~~.
By: STEVE HALLOCK
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Edition: SOONER Section: EDITORIAL Page: A-9
Word Count: 1,026
MEMO:
Steve Hallock, a former jazz critic for the Arizona Republic in Phoenix, is
a graduate assistant working on a master's degree in the Journalism and
Communications Department at Point Park College.
TEXT:
Imagining the possibilities is the easiest
recent proposal for a "National Jazz
Pittsburgh.
Riverboat cruises from New Orleans to Pittsburgh bringing jazz fans
by the boatload -- perhaps to a Pittsburgh jazz event coinciding with Mardi
Gras.
A jazz venue Downtown, in the Cultural District or Strip District,
with a small, intimate club for performances by visiting artists as part of
a living jazz museum. A living museum means one that encourages and
sponsors seminars, programs and concerts by contemporary, working
musicians.
and most enjoyable aspect of the
Hall of Fame and Museum" in
A museum that not only offers archives and historical displays, but
also includes class space for use by the city's various university jazz
programs and visiting jazz performers. They offer clinics to music
students, in facilities with good acoustics and recording equipment.
The operative word is allegro. Let's get on this one quickly -- making
sure in our haste, to do it right.
Richard Roberts, the owner of a Pittsburgh marketing firm whose idea
this is, already has some backers lined up. The city's Urban Redevelopment
Authority has put up a cover charge -- $10,000 for a $50,000 study of the
project's feasibility. The Pittsburgh CUltural Trust, the Buhl Foundation
and Blue Cross will pay for the rest of the study.
That's a good start. And they're using the right model: For the
feasibility study, Roberts is working with the firm that helped Cleveland
land the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Cleveland connection is key.
Ask middle-age jazz fans whom they listened to a couple of decades ago,
and chances are they'll say the Beach Boys and Simon and Garfunkel.
Somewhere they heard a jazz or blues riff that turned them toward swing and
syncopation but no way they'll abandon their treasured Dave Clark Five
and Crosby, Stills and Nash records.
So logic exists in locating a jazz hall of fame and museum within a
two-hour drive of the rock 'n' roll hall -- a one-two tourist draw that
will strengthen the region's popularity with music fans.
And while Pittsburgh may compete with Cleveland for industries and in
sports (at least, until this year), this city can learn something from that
city's risky and gutsy move into the music hall of fame biz.
One lesson is marketing.
Cleveland may have the rock In' ~'oll background to justify placing the
rock hall of fame on the shores of Lake Erie -- but no more so than some
other cities, such as Detroit and Memphis, with strong rock roots.
Cleveland succeeded because of its united community resolve to land this
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thing and because of an understanding that
offerings are bigger even than sports events
visitors to a community.
Cleveland's political and cultural leaders recognized that, though
public money may be required for both, a new baseball stadium does not
compete with a music hall of fame. They complement each other. Each brings
fans and tourists to the region fans and tourists who will eat in
Cleveland restaurant, sleep in Cleveland hotels and motels and buy baseball
and rock 'n' roll souvenirs.
cultural and artistic
in drawing tourists and
The same arguments apply in Pittsburgh. This city is considering a new
baseball stadium; a jazz hall of fame deserves equal consideration .- at
the same time and for all of the same economic reasons as those being
offered for a baseball field.
The demographics are interesting -- and ought to be tempting. In a study
of its listenership, an all-jazz Denver radio station a few years ago
reported some numbers that deserve attention. The study found that most of
the station's listeners dine out four or more times a month. Most of them
get out of town for pleasure two to four times a year. Thirty-three percent
of the station's listeners had a college background; more than a third of
them were professionals; almost half of them owned property worth more than
$75,000 (make that at least $100,000 in '90s dollars), and nearly the same
amount owned stocks or bonds. Nearly a fourth were in the upper-middle
income range.
It's tempting to label such musings as snob appeal. OK, let's take a
walk down that street for a moment. Jazz fans are educated, have disposable
income, enjoy traveling and dining out. Aren't these the sort of people a
city that is becoming more professional and service-oriented should try to
lure?
This hall of fame and museum can be part of the bait.
Other considerations strengthen the argument for this facility. Pittsburgh
has the educational and cultural institutions in place -- from the jazz
clubs sprinkled across the city to the music programs at the universities
and high schools.
It has the fans -- from the thousands of jazzers who turn out for the
annual jazz festival to the loyal listenership of radio jazz and the
followers of numerous regional and local players stocked by the city'S
nightclubs.
And it has the heritage jazz mUS~C1ans born or schooled in this city
and its environs include Erroll Garner, Billy Eckstine, Kenny Clarke, Ray
Brown, Billy Strayhorn, Mary Lou Williams, Ahmad Jamal, Stanley Turrentine,
Roy Eldridge and Art Blakey, a musician and band leader ~ho helped the
careers of several noted players.
The task, then, is to unite those with an interest in this proposal. The
University of Pittsburgh has an "International Academy of Jazz -- Hall of
Fame" in its Student Union building. The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild has
archives and art works and concert expertise. The Pittsburgh Jazz Society
has a fan and organization base.
Achieving such a unity and selling the notion to a tax-wary
community, agreeing on a location and actually getting the facility built
-- might be the hardest and most disagreeable part of this deal.
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. PHOTO by ANDREW CIFRANIC I PLAIN DEALER PHOTOGRAPHER: Orion Consulting
Inc. principal Michael Sturges will soon begin studying whether there's
enough interest and economic promise to build a jazz hall of fame and
museum in Pittsburgh.
Copyright (c) 1996, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
Copyright 1996 PG Publishing Co.
But .. any ensemble leader, from trio to big band, will testify --
cohe81venes8, focus and some sacrifice are vital to a concept.
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PHOTO
PHOTO: Bring it on home: Erroll Garner, jazz great and Pittsburgh
native, in 1959.
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08512005
CIty TUNED IN TO JAZZ HALL OF FAME URA FUNDS TO HELP STUDY PROPOSAL FOR
DOWNTOWN .
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PT) - 'FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 1996
By: TOM BARNES, POST-GAZETTE STAFF WRITER
Edition: SOONER Section: LOCAL Page: A-1
Word Count: 603
TEXT:
Move over, Cleveland. Pittsburgh may be getting its own musical hall of
fame .
But Pittsburgh's would be devoted to jazz, not rock 'n' roll, like the
one that opened to rave reviews last year on Cleveland's lakefront.
Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority yesterday chipped in $10,000
toward a $50,000 study aimed at determining whether creation of a -Jazz
Hall of Fame and Museum" is feasible in Pittsburgh, probably somewhere in
the Cultural District, Do~mtown.
The rest of the study
Trust, the Buhl Foundation
buff from Fox Chapel and
Communications.
funds will come from the Pittsburgh CUltural
and Blue Cross, said Richard Roberts, a jazz
owner of a Downtown marketing firm, Roberts
Asked how realistic it is to think of a Jazz Hall of Fame in Pittsburgh,
Deputy Mayor Tom Cox, who chairs the ORA board, said, .We're agnostic on
that until we have a chance to scrutinize it more. But a lot of people
thought the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame was a cockamamie idea, but
apparently it's outgrowing every other attraction in Cleveland."
Cox, who worked in Cleveland from 1989-93, said, wThese things add a
'destination asset' to a city. Besides, Pittsburgh has a glorious history
in jazz. We thought it was worth $10,000 to take a look at the idea."
Roberts said Pittsburgh's contribution to the jazz world includes
pianist Errol Garner, singer Billy Eckstein, guitarist George Benson and
.nany others.
Blue
>10,000
~egion'8
Cross spokeswoman Diane Wuycheck said Blue Cross agreed to provide
for the study because the hall of fame proposal .could support the
vitality and economic development. We look mainly at health care
, \ f \, , i I, \ i I J' .' \1 \ \' \ \ . I I 'I ';. I \ 1 ,~ ,.' , J j r 'I
-projects but we a180 look at quality-of-life and economic-impact projects."
· Roberts said he hoped the study could start 800n and take about eight
weeks. It will gauge the hall of fame'. potential for attracting visitor.,
the economic impact on Pittsburgh, the cost of the project and possible
funding sources.
He estimated the cost at $25 million, and said an unspecified existing
building, probably in the CUltural District, would be rehabilitated, rather
than have new construction, as happened in Cleveland. He estimated the Jazz
Hall's size at 50,000 square feet, about half the size of the Rock Hall.
He said the feasibility study will be done by Orion Consulting of
Cleveland, which he said worked on the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame project.
.We are hoping the study will show the viability of the project," said
Roberts, who has been working on the idea for about two years.
Ite said he
museums" where
exhibits.
wanted the hall of
visitors would get
fame to be one of the "new breed of
involved and not just look at static
Roberts envisions "interactive exhibits," where visitors would push
buttons to hear and see jazz greats from the present and past, and
three-dimensional holograms depicting musicians playing. He said the
facility would be educational and entertaining.
Roberts is
jazz program
-International
Union.
working with University of Pittsburgh music professor and
director Nathan Davis, who in 1977 started his own
Academy of Jazz-Hall of Fame,n located in the Pitt Student
Davis said yesterday he would help Roberts, but didn't want to duplicate
his own hall of fame, which has exhibits like Sonny Rollins' saxophone and
Clark Terry's trumpet, and each year elects jazz musicians in voting by
music historians and critics from 20 countries.
Roberts said he knew of no other cities interested in a Jazz Hall of
Fame, but Davis said a Kansas City, Mo., musician, Eddie Baker, had been
trying to build one there, so far unsuccessfully.
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SOUND ADVICE PI'rl1~8ORGH' ASKS CLEVELAND CONSULTING FIRM WHETHER IT SHOULD
BUILD A JAZZHALL OF FAME
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Pittsburgh haa turned to Cleveland to help decide whether to spend $25
million tor a jazz hall of fame.
The nonprofit National Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum Inc. chose
Cleveland's Orion Consulting Inc. from four or five management and real
estate consulting firms.
.Orion just kept popping to the top," said Richard Roberts, a
Pittsburgh advertising executive and jazz aficionado. He was impressed that
two of the firm's six principals were involved in the early stages of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's development and had rock hall
contacts.
. Michael
preliminary
now-defunct
Sturges, a real estate and tourism specialist, participated in
studies for the rock hall as a former partner ill the
Laventhol & Horwarth accounting firm.
Another Orion principal, William Plato, also laid some groundwork for
the rock project as economic development director for the Greater Cleveland
Growth Association.
Stu%ges and Plato will head Orion's $40,000 jazz hall feasibility study.
It will start early next month and should take six to eight weeks to
complete. The study will examine how and where the museum could be built,
how it might fit into Pittsburgh's economic development plan, and wh~ther
there's enough interest and tourist potential to justify a major
fund-raising effort.
.Jazz happens to be my venue of music," Sturges said. He said he is not
a big rock 'n' roll fan, but he does have about 150 jazz compact discs. "At
least here I feel a little more comfortable."
One question Orion won't try to answer with its study is why the Steel
City should be the jazz mecca over Memphis, New Orleans or St. Louis.
Roberts believes Pittsburgh can accurately claim a right to the museum
because his city is the birthplace of such artists as Gp.orge Benson, Walt
Harper, Billy Eckstine and Art Blakey.
.Pittsburgh does have a deep jazz heritage," Roberts said. "More greats
have come from this city than probably any other city. This facility could
be right along the river and have the same kind of presence as the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame.ft
While the focus is on music in Pittsburgh, Orion can trumpet a success
song of its own.
In five
associates
week..
Orion has tripled its original 50-name client list, focusing mainly on
the health insurance industry. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ohio is one of
it. larger customers.
years, the staff has grown from 2S in one office to nearly 100
in six offices nationally, with another two to open in two
Sturges credits the company's rapid growth to an autonomous approach.
.OUr office memos are on new employees starting, stuff like that,.
Sturges said. RWe rarely - once a year maybe - have a principals' meeting.-
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