If Columbus wants to elevate its cultural profile to a level that will allow it to compete for the talent and ambition of Cultural Creatives from across the nation, that is to say, if Columbus wants to become recognized nationally as a cultural capital, then it cannot pass up on the opportunity to revolutionize the museum experience if such an opportunity arises. It goes without saying that any city that revolutionizes the museum experience will automatically become a cultural capital, given the fact such an achievement will thereafter serve as the cultural benchmark by which other cities try to best; whereas any city that passes up on the opportunity to revolutionize the museum experience fails by default to reinvent itself as a cultural capital and thus loses any opportunity it might otherwise have to claim itself a state-of-the-art Creative Class hub. As it turns out, an opportunity to revolutionize the museum experience currently exists in Columbus, Ohio. Whether or not Columbus takes advantage of this opportunity will thus make or break the reputation of Columbus as an emergent Creative Class hub. For this reason it is vitally important the cultural and political Establishment takes seriously the proposal currently before them to build a new “HUB” Stadium concept center, since to overlook the “HUB” is to pass up on an opportunity to revolutionize the museum experience, and to pass up on an opportunity to revolutionize the museum experience forfeits any right the city might otherwise have to assert itself as the “Indie Art Capital of the World.”

So what’s so revolutionary about the “HUB” Stadium smART Park complex?

The "HUB" Stadium smART Park concept museum is a revolutionary breakthrough in design aesthetics and represents the next evolution of the museum experience. The "HUB" Stadium is based upon the development of a co-operative business model to coordinate the integration of the three main cultural arts institutions in Columbus, namely the Columbus Museum of Art, Wexner Center for the Arts and Columbus Metropolitan Library. The level and degree of institutional synthesis required to manage this joint venture represents a new paradigm model in organizational dynamics. In terms of a precedent, it successfully breaks down traditional power hierarchies, bridges the gap between high and low culture and transcends right and left brained compartmentalized thought processes. The synergistic effect of such a massive reorganization effort is a non-zero–sum game that maximizes various functional potentials and institutional capacities to assure the greatest mutual benefit for the greater social good.

Additionally, the “HUB” paradigm also produces a quantum shift in growth since the collective basis of the integration must for all intents and purposes occur simultaneously. As the Columbus Museum of Art, Wexner Center for the Arts and Columbus Metropolitan Library expand and relocate to their new home inside the “HUB” Stadium, the buildings that once defined these various institutions become vacated, thus allowing a whole new wave of secondary concept museums to emerge as well. So for the cost of building one new “HUB” Stadium development a total of four new museums are born: That’s a four to one return on investment. But the 4:1 quantum shift is only possible with the synthesis of the “HUB” Stadium’s co-operative three into one paradigm shift. Both shifts combined represent an Integral tipping point in the social evolution of our institutional reality.

The boon for any city that revolutionizes the museum experience is that it automatically becomes a state-of-the-art Creative Class hub. Columbus, Ohio is being given the opportunity to socially engineer the “HUB” Stadium smART Park complex and in the process revolutionize the museum experience and become a model 21st century cultural center. Despite this unprecedented opportunity, whether or not the C-BUS Establishment has the leadership to pull off such a feat is a variable of scientific uncertainty. Luckily, the more people that sign the “HUB” petition in support of building a new concept center, the greater incentive Decision Makers have to make the right choice. So sign this petition and give birth to the dream. Give birth to the “HUB.”