Meeting time!

There will be another HISCO meeting, set for August 20 at noon at the Cabell County Library in downtown Huntington. For all intents and purposes we're going to pretend the first one didn't exist, since only two people showed up (one of them being the press) due to a number of scheduling screwups. Most notably the venue was changed at the last minute, which caught pretty much everyone off-guard; great care will be taken to ensure that this does NOT happen again. Also, the last time we tried this it was right AFTER everyone left Marshall for the winter, and on a Monday afternoon no less; this time it will be on a Saturday, and the weekend students return, so we should have more people in the house.

We'll try and divulge actual information about what all's going on, and are mainly putting this together to get input on what the collective fan base of the Tri-State wants from their hockey team--all topics are on the table. Food will be there too, so consider this your lunch date...

EDIT: July 28, 5:09pm: the Facebook link could be helpful.

Blizzard reunion!

Jim Bermingham is setting up a get-together of all the old Blizzard players/staff/fans/etc. for next summer--stuck it up on Facebook, take a look. Methinks this is shaping up to be an Event...

Smart people may be needed on this

As always, things are never as simple as we want them to be. We may be bumped out for exterior improvements!

Mayor Kim Wolfe indicated that earlier trimmed projects for upgrading the exterior of the building, the conference area, and the sidewalk plaza could be revived.

Wolfe assured there had been “different recommendations”[...] and none of them pertained to ice hockey.

How will we get an ice rink then? Steve Williams wants...

a strategic plan, survey of how an ice attraction would make BSSA a 100 mile “destination,” and a solid business plan[...]

The strategic plan is probably best left to smarter people--of course I'm willing to chip in my .02, if any such people are reading this--I do think Pullman Square would be a big factor. I can say that while there are two ice rinks within 100 miles of Huntington, neither South Charleston nor Athens has the capacity to host a large spectator event like pro hockey or Disney on Ice (or any of the other skating revues).