If the first hundred years of Culver City’s history had flowed as swimmingly as the last hundred days have for the Centennial Committee, this might have become America’s first all-millionaire community.
Jim Clarke, the City Councilman who inspired and rounded up the Committee, glows as brightly as the mid-summer sun when talking about Culver City’s year-long hundredth birthday.
Every corner of the Committee’s plans is on schedule for a September 2016 launching.
On Monday evening, the Committee sought and received $15,000 for its budget, and Mr. Clarke’s fellow Council members declared their pleasure at the Committee’s progress.
“Through our memorandum of understanding,” said Mr. Clarke, “we limited our use of city funds to two activities. One was setting up the organization, the many filings you have to do with the IRS and others, and the other is for marketing, development of our logo and website.”
The Council urged the Committee to utilize social media to trumpet the Centennial’s relatively imminent arrival.
Mr. Clarke, whose Facebook and Twitter accounts are gathering dust, promised to employ Culver City High School students to fulfill that promise.
“My main message,” said Mr. Clarke, “was that we are meeting regularly (on the third Tuesday at 7 in the Dan Patacchia Room, City Hall), that we are moving forward, that we are on schedule, that there is a lot of community interest in activities, that we have started planning events such as the opening ceremonies, that we have put together our sponsorship packages and we will be going out and talking to businesses.
“We feel comfortable with the revenue goals we have set,” Mr. Clarke said, “and we have a good strong board that is committed.
