Spot The Difference: Cafe Terra 'Writes' A Wrong

Remember Cafe Terra's inclusion on the Friday Fail list a couple of weeks back? A regular reader emailed us last week to let us know Cafe Terra had seen the error of their ways. Finally, we can chalk up a victory to the English language (take that Diamond Run Mall and Ponderosa Steak House). We love it.

An honorable mention goes to the Rutland Creative Economy who fixed their spelling indiscretion not long after we mentioned it.

Side note: we've said it before and we'll say it again. We love Cafe Terra and we mean no disrespect. Best coffee in Rutland by a mile.

Rutland Creative Economy Community Forum Set To Spark Spirited Debate

Email inboxes and twitter feeds lit up across the weekend as news spread about the Rutland Creative Economy Community Forum scheduled to be held this Wednesday, March 31 at the Paramount Theatre (although we see the event isn't listed on the Paramount's calendar, what's up with that?!).

Some people are genuinely excited about the event (which we hope to make, but we already had plans - seriously folks, a week's notice??!!) but others are angry about the lack of agenda for the forum.

The meeting made front page news of the Rutland Herald today with the Creative Economy's Chairwoman Tara Kelly quoted as saying the group had begun to hear that there was 'public perception that the group wasn't open and accepting of new members'.

It will be interesting to see how receptive the group is to new ideas and new members. Equally it will be interesting to see how receptive non-members are to the ideas presented by the Creative Economy - the emails we've seen doing the rounds from non-members are certainly fiery.

One email we were forwarded called projects undertaken by the Creative Economy 'Disney like' and another called the projects some of the 'worst investments ever'. Harsh. Additionally, the comments portion beneath the Herald's story features some spirited debate.

We have to say the bulk of the ideas up for contemplation during the 'open ideas' portion of the forum that were outlined in today's paper didn't exactly have us in raptures. Another reason for us to try and get there to have our say. The ideas for new groups and projects includes:

• Forming a group to spearhead a comprehensive implementation of Rutland's marketing brand (there's a marketing brand?!)
  
• Create a downtown gateway at the train station (we're sure that's the first thing visitors will notice when they stumble off the Ethan Allen at 9.05pm at night or 11.30pm on a Friday night. How about working with Amtrak to promote the service so we can have more than one train a day?)
• Beautifying the city's gateways through landscaping and prominent signage (seriously, enough with the signage already, how about filling those vacant stores and promoting local business better?)

No matter what your position is, we think it is fantastic that there are people committed to putting Rutland back on the map so while the drama queen in us is looking forward to the potential fireworks at the forum, we hope that the passion is harnessed into positive projects that will actually make a difference.

Side note: we hate to be spelling Nazi's but a shout out to the Creative Economy - there's a glaring typo on your pages