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HomeMy Public PortalAboutAPPENDIX Focus Group participants.docAPPENDIX TYBEE ISLAND FINE ARTS COMMISSION FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS Six Focus Groups March 28, 29 and 30, 2006 examined topics pertinent to the cultural growth of Tybee Island. Participant identification and Focus Group topics were based on the results of a two day Strategic Planning session conducted with the Tybee Island Fine Arts Commission February 2-1, 2006. Several community leaders identified as important to the process were unable to attend. Focus Group 1 Preserving, promoting, and celebrating native arts and coastal low country traditions while maintaining quirky, unique Tybee Paul Wolfe, City Council member, business owner – Tybee Moons Bob Ciucevich, author and historian Natalie Gordon, Tybee Arts Performance Society, business owner – Atlantis Inn Stan Hedgcorth, business owner - Coastal Solar Technologies, American Legion Post, actor, musician Bobby Orr, YEEPIES Nancee Shifflett, artist, musician Denise Vernon, painter, president Tybee Island Arts Association Patricia Miller, Tybee Fine Arts Commission chair Focus Group 2 Developing strategic alliances among organizations Anne and Jim Monaghan, Tybee Arts Association Irene Sullivan, artist, business owner – Irene Sullivan Gallery Sandy McCloud, Beautification Committee, actor, musician, business owner Cullen Chambers, Tybee Island Historical Society Lorrie Rumpel, business owner - Tybee Theatre Café, artist, actor Carl Looper, Beautification Committee, Garden Club Wanda Doyle, City Council member Jim Glass Lynn Lynch, business owner - Atlantic Beacon Gallery Amy Gaster, business owner - Tybee Vacation Rentals, Tybee Fest Jane Feiler, artist, Savannah Arts Ashore, Atlanta Olympics Patricia Miller, Tybee Fine Arts Commission chair Focus Group 3 Ensuring access to venues and programming, and promoting diversity within the arts Jack Boylston, concert and festival production Shirley Session, City Council member, business owner Mary Ingalls, artist, business owner Mel Gordon, Tybee Arts Performing Society, business owner – Atlantis Inn Susie Morris, Friends of Tybee Theatre, business owner – Lighthouse Inn Jim Wann, business owner, playwright, musician, performer Fritz Rumpel, business owner - Tybee Theatre Café Mallory Pearce, City Council member, artist Jason Buelterman, Mayor Lawanna Tsoulos, City Planning and Zoning Board, Tybee Fest, Friends of Tybee Theatre Mildred Hill, artist, business owner – Gallery by the Sea Maria Lancaster, Savannah Music Festival Paul DiVivo, Tybee Fest, business owner – DeVivo Marketing Jason Nobles, City of Tybee Recreation Department Patricia Miller, Fine Arts Commission chair Focus Group 4 Expanding Arts for Youth Tiffany Dennis, YMCA Nica Weeks, parent, artist Renee DeRossett, parent, performer Carrie Gaster Efrid, parent, artist, business owner -Tybee Vacation Rentals Laura O’Hayer, art teacher St. Michael’s School Robin Greisbach Denise Vernon, painter, president Tybee Island Arts Association Patricia Miller, Fine Arts Commission chair Focus Group 5 Developing a Marketing Strategy for the Arts on Tybee Jerry Rodgers, business owner - WRHQ radio Michael Bodine, website developer Aleigh Acerni, SKIRT Magazine editor, musician Eileen Baker, Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs Katrina, Tybee Tourism Council Melanie Simon, Abshire Public Relations J. R. Rosenberry, newswriter Paula DiVivo, business owner DeVivo Marketing Patricia Miller, Fine Arts Commission chair Focus Group 6 Securing the commitment of the public and private sector for arts development Jim Klutz, Historical Society Connie Williams, business owner - Darby Bank & Trust Company Walter Parker, former mayor Terry Jackson, Prudential Real Estate Jennifer Abshire, Abshire Public Relations Bonnie Gaster, business owner - Prudential Real Estate Shel Solomon, business owner -Solomon Properties, Tybee Tourism Council Frances Clarke, business owner Beverly Flanagan Jim Flanagan Patricia Miller, Fine Arts Commission chair