A note regarding the hard times ahead for Georgia Music Hall of Fame

After reading the AJC’s story about the financial hard times that have fallen upon the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon, I asked the museum’s Executive Director, Lisa Love to explain the situation further.-

Here’s what she had to say,-

“It is a very difficult time for all businesses, particularly non-profits. The Hall of Fame’s business plan from day one has depended on state funding. An early feasibility study was anything but feasible in its projection that the museum would attract 150,000 visitors per year, when the museum has actually averaged between 25,000-35,000 paid visitors over the past 13 years. Macon has an incredible inventory of attractions, including historic homes like the Hay House, the Tubman African-American Museum, the Music and Sports Halls of Fame and the Ocmulgee Indian Mounds, but the city has been slow in creating and executing a comprehensive plan for downtown revitalization. Therefore, we are not even close to the foot traffic in Macon we need to help sustain not just us, but all of these valuable institutions.