Arts and entertainment will be discussed in Opelika, Monday, when the Envision Opelika 2025 focus group gets together to brainstorm. The focus group has had meetings on economic development, neighborhood restoration, crime and safety, education and more and was the group that spearheaded the building of the Opelika Sportsplex.
"That's probably our crown jewel." Dora James, a member of the focus group said, "We got the ball rolling thinking about that and got a group of citizens together that kind of sat down and started developing some plans of what they would like. One thing led to the next and finally it ended up where we got everything lined up and the building of the Sportsplex happened."
Envision Opelika 2025 started in 2001 and has been positively influencing the community for 13 years. James continues to serve Opelika with the focus group's meeting on Arts and Entertainment.
"It's time to kind of bring some new blood, some younger people because the future of Opelika is going to be theirs." James said, "We have performing arts, visual arts, we have the dance, we have literary arts; we're trying to get people from all these different groups together to just talk, 'Okay, what would be some neat things for us to develop in Opelika?'"
The meeting is open to the public and will take place at the Cultural Arts Center in Opelika, Jan. 27, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The center is a few blocks down from The Overall Company on 1103 Glenn Ave.
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