There are quite a few D2D signs around town and I must admit I haven’t paid much attention to it until now. After reading the information on the website I started to think about how this huge investment can possibly pay off for everyone in town irregardless of ball or running skills. What would possibly make people who don’t have kids or energy want to invest in something costing almost 5 million dollars and pretty much just sits there. If we want to get people fired up over this thing, it’s important to emphasize the universal appeal such an endeavor could have. So let’s put on our thinking caps and step outside the box. Here are some uses that may not have been considered as yet, but those that may hold appeal to a broader audience than sports lovers.
1. Shorewood really needs a dog park. Everybody knows that when the sun goes down pet owners and their dogs (both dressed in black) enjoy the off leash experience people with backyards are used to. People would willingly pay a yearly fee if they could drive someplace close for exercise. Cha-ching$
2. We could use a CD store, like The Exclusive Company. Think of all the money that could be made if a section of the dome could be used for music retail. Why, the place would practically pay for itself with the right inventory and snack racks.
3. Take what we’ve learned from the Mitchell Park Dome folks and apply it to the Shorewood Dome. Seasonal plant and flower shows attract a completely different audience than the afore mentioned. Fund raising flower and SHS wreath sales could be run from there. Prom and homecoming corsages or boutonnières could be sold by all the kids who don’t dance.
4. We could host the first Northshore hot or veggie dog eating contest. Seems they are catching on across the country. If CNN covers it, it’s got to be news.
5. Practice lawns could be sectioned off so kids could learn how to mow and trim with emotional support personnel nearby.
6. Make sure the high school kids are invested in this project by promising concerts by bands that would impress them. Give them packs of “Promise Tickets” to sell to their friends from other schools.
The more I think about fundraising for D2D, the more excited I get. I can see now that even though I don’t have a child interested in sports, a boy on the football team, a kid in the marching band or even the slightest interest in organized sports, there is a place for me and all other Shorewood residents under the wonder dome.
Let’s get crackin’.
