Shimrod, there already IS an arts centre in Horsham and it is almost entirely funded by the council. Spreading the finite resources between several different buildings is counterproductive. It has been fairly easy to get funding to open arts centres; securing revenue funding so that they can operate properly with a good artistic programme is the tricky part. The usual pattern is that money is thrown at a project in its first couple of years and then they die a long slow death as the commercial realities bite. There are about a dozen local authority/trust funded venues within easy drive of Horsham as well as the Capitol arts centre in the town itself. Most of these venues are unable to sustain a decent programme; there is no shortage of buildings.