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Connellsville Community Center Ideas….. Name the Building! Have a Theme and Contest….Two Possibilities: *”The Harold Betters Events Center”—have a Hall dedicated to Herald which showcases his life throughout the years. What a distinctive way of showing a “Connellsville Icon” how much we care, by doing this while he is still alive! Maybe a mural or something to that effect. *Rename the building “Johnny Woodruff Events Center”
(Create an Upbeat Buzz) Have a “Johnny Woodruff Hall” --Displaying memorabilia. Keep his memory alive! --When I named the Edwin S. Porter Theater it seemed to get a lot of attention. It gave the theater a theme and also helped immortalize one of Connellsville’s most talented individuals. It’s very important to keep Connellsville’s Finest in the spot light weather they lived over 100 years ago, or a few years ago. This is Connellsville’s Heritage. *Create a Tag Line Or Slogan for the Building: *The Harold Betters Events Center is at the Heart of it all in Downtown Connellsville! --(If you go that route you would have to get permission to use his name) * “It All Happens At The Woodruff Events Center in Downtown Connellsville”! (If I was from outside the area and I saw a newspaper article Headlined “Connellsville Community Center Sponsors” or “Harold Betters Events Center Sponsors” I would most likely read the one captioned “Harold Betters Events Center”, and skip over the other. The naming of a building is very important! And gives the place an identity. You may be limiting yourself and clients with the Connellsville Community Center name. Some people may not want to move into something that limits themselves to just “Connellsville”. That is why naming it an “…Events Center” is very important. *Sponsor a “Grand Opening” of the Edwin S. Porter Theater. Thank the people that made the renovations in this theater possible. Showcase before and after photos. Invite potential clients that would want to use the theater. Showcase its potential. *Show Movies on Holidays…Get with people from the community that makes movies. Show their movies at the theater… (Jeff Monahan- 72nd Street Films) He lives in Connellsville and produces movies. He has a treasure-trove of movies that he has produced through the years.