27th June 2010, 07:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 27th June 2010, 07:26 PM by deadlylampshade.)
Wax Wrote:The trouble with leaving it to the marketing people is that they have very different agendas and are quite capable of destroying some of the “heritage” aspect of a site by ill thought-out quick buck generating infra structures and events.
It needs a balanced approach that looks at long term conservation in hand with income generation, a very difficult and fine line to tread.
So we get back to square one, it is easier to put the project on hold than to commit to something which will be long term and financially draining and may not solve the problem.
OK. If we go back to square one, perhaps someone will come up with a project that has a clear aim, stops "mission creep", stops heamorraghing money "on research" which no one sees and gets on with it!
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!