"Kathy Manning, who helped led [sic] the performing arts center task force fundraising effort, said earlier this week that she has been careful to call the commitments 'tentative' or 'soft.'"Yes, in her presentation before Greensboro City Council, Manning said (01:32:50) the task force had identified $15 million in "potential" donations.
That is not what the GPAC website says, though:
It is not what the News & Record said in an unsigned editorial (i.e. Allen Johnson and Doug Clark):
"They have private pledges totaling $20 million."It is not what task force director and Mayor Robbie Perkins' campaign manager Ross Harris said:
"Harris explained, so far, private donors have committed about $15 million to pay for the project."It is not what task force member Louise Brady said before City Council (01:57:10):
"We are well along the way with fifteen and a quarter million dollars."
Beginning at roughly 24.44, Robbie Perkins makes the claim that $20 Million has been raised and that GPAC should be located Downtown http://greensboro.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=685
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