Yet another afront to taxpayer dignity from the Peoria Civic Center
The Peoria Civic Center decided to hire an outside consultant to bring in some new customers. I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to learn that the consultant has failed miserably:
But the consultant hasn’t produced anything near what was expected, said bureau director Steve Powell at the Peoria Civic Center Authority’s regular monthly meeting.
“We’re not real happy with Mr. Green and his company,” Powell said.
Since Green, who could not be reached for comment Thursday night, came on board with the Civic Center’s marketing plan, the consultant has offered only 15 potential clients.
Some of those 15 leads already were being pursued by Civic Center and PACVB sales staff, others did not fit qualifications the Civic Center required, and all contacts the consultant conjured were from within the state, Powell said.
Civic Center and PACVB officials generated 150 leads from a single convention industry tradeshow last month, Powell said.
Left unreported is the exact dollar amount paid to the consultant.
An outside consultant doesn’t deliver the goods in Peoria. Well, knock me other with a feather.
Well at least the consultant performed one vitl function. It gave the people who run the civic center someone else to blame.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
