Why is the Berlin Visitor Center’s future use uncertain?
Located on 14 South Main Street, the center uses a front office for Berlin Main street as well as offices and a commons area. Main Street uses two rooms for storage and conferences. The Chamber rents a room for its executive director and one for storage while an artist rents an office, though he has given notice that he’s out by October’s end.
In the recent past, the center has been like a revolving door of artists. One leased an office briefly, another left after a few months because of a “difference of opinion.”
The Chamber, itself, has had three executive directors in the same number of years.
Something went wrong somewhere. Economic and Community Director Michael Day, who has a track record of successful projects within Berlin, proposed the Visitor’s Center as an entrepreneurial program providing free office space for fledgling businesses. This move seemingly would have helped new businesses to get started in the Berlin market. Berlin’s Mayor and Council voted the idea down last July. Really? This is a great idea. Why not do it?
Main Street Coordinator Megan Houston told Bayside Gazette that she’d like to “see the space used in a positive way that would help benefit the town as a whole.”
We heartedly agree. Why isn’t this building being used strategically for the economic good of the town?
It seems like a hot potato that no one wants to hold onto for so long. But why not?
Especially now when the town still is working with the glow of it’s “Coolest Town” designation.
But to keep this building in a business limbo is totally uncool. Berlin you can do better than this. Make good use of this facility.
Located on 14 South Main Street, the center uses a front office for Berlin Main street as well as offices and a commons area. Main Street uses two rooms for storage and conferences. The Chamber rents a room for its executive director and one for storage while an artist rents an office, though he has given notice that he’s out by October’s end.
In the recent past, the center has been like a revolving door of artists. One leased an office briefly, another left after a few months because of a “difference of opinion.”
The Chamber, itself, has had three executive directors in the same number of years.
Something went wrong somewhere. Economic and Community Director Michael Day, who has a track record of successful projects within Berlin, proposed the Visitor’s Center as an entrepreneurial program providing free office space for fledgling businesses. This move seemingly would have helped new businesses to get started in the Berlin market. Berlin’s Mayor and Council voted the idea down last July. Really? This is a great idea. Why not do it?
Main Street Coordinator Megan Houston told Bayside Gazette that she’d like to “see the space used in a positive way that would help benefit the town as a whole.”
We heartedly agree. Why isn’t this building being used strategically for the economic good of the town?
It seems like a hot potato that no one wants to hold onto for so long. But why not?
Especially now when the town still is working with the glow of it’s “Coolest Town” designation.
But to keep this building in a business limbo is totally uncool. Berlin you can do better than this. Make good use of this facility.