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SPRINGFIELD -- If you have ever seen The Perrys in concert, you have undoubtedly sensed the power and conviction with which they sing. From the high-octane, hand-clapping hit, "I Wish I Could Have Been There," to the anointed anthem, "If You Knew Him," the Dove Award-winning group has been delivering soul-stirring performances across North America for nearly five decades.
This talented musical family will be performing at the Mars Theatre on July 26 at 7 p.m. It will be joined that evening with King's Cross from Savannah. Tickets cost $25 and can be purchased at marstheatre.com or by calling 754-1118. Doors open at 6 p.m..
For more than 50 years, The Perrys have been traveling across the country, sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. During that time, God has proven faithful to provide everything needed to build a successful ministry. From moving lyrics of traditional songs, along with talented vocalists and musicians, to a genuine heart for people, The Perrys have proven they have what it takes to rise to the top of Southern Gospel music.
The Perrys — Libbi Perry Stuffle, Jared Stuffle, Troy Peach and Andrew Goldman — have forged a deep sense of unity. This is due, in part, to the fires through which they have walked over the last few years. After battling a longterm illness, Tracy Stuffle, Libbi's husband and The Perrys' esteemed bass singer, passed away Feb. 4, 2018. With unparalleled determination, Libbi and her beloved group have continued to heed the call to carry the Gospel to the multitudes.
Loved by gospel music fans around the world, The Perrys have earned many accolades over their illustrious career. In addition to their Dove Award for Song of the Year and countless Dove nominations, they have garnered numerous No. 1 songs and 15 Singing News Fan Awards, including the three-time Favorite Mixed Group honor, two-time Song of the Year, Favorite Album, as well as Libbi being named both a two-time Female Vocalist of the Year and eight-time Favorite Alto of the Year. With countless other honors, awards, and radio success, it is evident that The Perrys have been blessed, not only with musical abilities, but also the gift of communicating a message and touching lives.
Joining The Perry's will be local Savannah gospel group King's Cross. King's Cross is a fresh revival of a ministry that started in 2003 with a strong presence in the Southeast. The ministry goal is simple; Bring high quality, spirit filled, music and testimony, through every door that God opens.
Upcoming liveshows at the Mars Theatre include Grand Ole Opry legend John Conlee on Aug.4, Effingham County native Hannah Dasher on Aug. 17, country star Collin Raye on Sept. 28 and a rock-and-roll holiday review with The Diamonds on Dec.7.
""It's A Wonderful Life LIVE" from WVL Radio Theatre will return for the second straight year with a Halloween tale, "The Headless Hessian and Other American Horror Stories" on Oct. 27.
Reserved seating tickets for all events are on sale now at marsthatre.com.


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The Georgia College Softball program and head coach Jamie Grodecki will host a one-day prospect camp for all high school students Sunday, Aug. 11 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Peeler Athletic Complex at Georgia College's West Campus.
The camp will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, accepting the first 60 prospects who complete their form and payment and will cost $150 per participant. The instructional camp is open to any high school softball player seeking to improve their game and to learn about softball on a collegiate level.
The 2013 Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Coach of the Year Grodecki is in her 10th season at Georgia College, owning 299 wins in the Bobcat dugout, and 352 overall. In 2018, the Bobcats went 34-18 with a 12-8 PBC mark. Sarah Couch was named All-PBC, while both Haley Howell and Caroline Snider brought in All-Region honors. Amber Coy was named Academic All-District and also brought in the PBC's Elite-15 award. The Bobcats led the PBC in stolen bases with 106, finishing second in RBIs (260), runs (286), hits (406) and batting average (.293).
The Bobcats reached as high as No. 20 in the nation last season. In her 10 seasons, the Bobcats have made five trips to the NCAA Tournament.
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Beach weddings are fun and very exciting to plan for. The atmosphere for beach weddings are light and gay but it can also be sweet and romantic at the same time. Nothing can be more heartwarming than having that first kiss during sunrise or sunset.
The invitation sets easily conveys to your guests the theme of the wedding. One of the cutest beach wedding ideas we have come across is to use starfishes as invitation decorations. You do not have to use an actual starfish but alternatives include Papier-mache starfishes, ceramic starfishes and even hand drawn starfishes.
Food is another one of the most important considerations for any weddings. Most guests will expect at least a light snack or a full meal after the wedding. With beach weddings, receptions can be held indoors or outdoors. Ideas for food can include a barbecue or grilled assorted seafood. Dessert can range from ice cream to tropical fruits. Speaking of tropical fruits, these make beautiful centerpieces for your guests tables. They can be arranged in beautiful and creative ways. It gives the wedding reception a tropical beach feeling.
For any wedding, one of the first things on top of the checklist is the budget. Depending on how much you plan to spend, beach themed weddings can be as affordable and as expensive as you want them to be. Once you have settled on a budget you are comfortable with, everything comes easily into place.
The cake is the piece de resistance of any wedding reception. It symbolizes fertility and good luck. Wedding cakes have been a wedding tradition ever since the Roman Empire. Wedding cakes for beach weddings can be decorated accordingly. Aside from starfishes, shells, wave designs, mermaids and corals; the whole sea can be an inspiration for your beach themed wedding cake.
You may have noticed that themed weddings are the norm these days. Couples usually prefer a themed wedding because having a motif makes it easier for everybody to plan the wedding. A focus on a single theme will mean easier color, decoration, wedding favor and even venue coordination. A Beach themed wedding is perhaps one of the most popular motifs for weddings today. There are lots of beach wedding ideas in the internet. You just need some creativity and a lot of imagination.


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Pratt & Whitney Canada
Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC or P&WC) is a Canada-based aircraft engine manufacturer. PWC's headquarters are in Longueuil, Quebec, just outside Montreal. It is a division of the larger US-based Pratt & Whitney (P&W), itself a business unit of United Technologies.[2] United Technologies has given PWC a world mandate for small and medium aircraft engines while P&W's US operations develop and manufacture larger engines.
|November 1928
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Although PWC is a division of P&W, it does its own research, development and marketing as well as the manufacturing of its engines. The company currently has about 10,000 employees worldwide, with 6,000 of them in Canada.[1]
The Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, Ltd. was founded in November 1928 to act as a service centre for P&W aircraft engines.[3] During World War II, it assembled Pratt & Whitney Wasp series engines built in the U.S. In 1952, the production of Wasp engines was transferred to Canadian Pratt & Whitney so P&W could concentrate on developing jet engines.
In the late 1950s, a team of 12 Canadian Pratt & Whitney engineers began the development of the first small turbine engine in Canada, the PT6. The first example was delivered to a customer in 1963. In 1962, the company was renamed United Aircraft of Canada (UAC), and assumed its current name in 1975.[3] In 1963 a total of 41 Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King (originally CHSS-2) helicopters were delivered to the Royal Canadian Navy. The airframe components were made by Sikorsky in Connecticut but most were assembled by UAC in Longueuil, Quebec.
Its 100,000th engine was produced in May 2017, its fleet logged 730 million flight hours and 60,000 in-service engines are operated by 12,300 customers in more than 200 countries.[4]
- Pratt & Whitney JT12 - initial design, then transferred to US Pratt & Whitney
- Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A/B/C
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- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW200
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW300
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW500
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW600
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW800
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PW900
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PWC is developing a new engine, the Next Generation Regional Turboprop, scalable from 4,500 to 8,000 shp (3,400 to 6,000 kW) for 90-seaters and featuring a new compressor, state-of-the-art propeller and nacelle among technologies, materials and manufacturing processes improvements to deliver 20% better fuel efficiency and 20% less maintenance costs than the PW100.[5][6] The high-efficiency compressor testing began in 2012 and ran the full range of aerodynamic design points to validate the component efficiency and pressure ratio.[7] Compressor tests were successfully completed in 2016 and Hot-section technology will be adapted from the PW1000G, PWC targets 2023-25 for its introduction and it should halve operating cost per shaft horsepower.[8]
As of March 2014, Pratt & Whitney Canada operates the following aircraft as test beds for new engines:
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- ^ a b "Corporate Profile: Fast Facts". About P&WC. Pratt & Whitney Canada. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
- ^ PW Fast Facts page Archived June 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. pp. 433–434. ISBN 1-56347-332-1.
- ^ "Pratt & Whitney Canada Produces 100,000th Engine: Demonstrates Continued Focus on Driving Innovation" (Press release). Pratt & Whitney Canada. May 2, 2017.
- ^ Jon Hemmerdinger (8 June 2017). "Embraer commercial chief sees opportunity for new turboprop". Flightglobal.
- ^ "Next Generation Regional Turboprop now ready". PWC.
- ^ Shane Nolan (May 23, 2012). "P&W Begins Compressor Testing On Next Gen Regional Turboprop Engine". AvStop.
- ^ Michael Gubisch (19 Oct 2017). "P&WC foresees new large turboprop by 2025". Flightglobal.


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Why It Matters for Elected Officials
Date: April 2019
County commissioners wear many hats as elected officials. When making board decisions related to land use, they generally fall into one of two categories: quasi-judicial decision maker or policymaker. Failing to appreciate the differences in the two roles may create issues and potential litigation for a county and its commissioners.
When enacting ordinances, commissioners are acting as policymakers. When making decisions about land use applications, they are acting as quasi-judicial decision makers.
Decisions regarding uses of land can be quite controversial. Although litigation over a commissioner's role does not arise often, a case that best illustrates how blurring the lines may create litigation and overturning of the land use decision is Continental Property Group, Inc. v. City of Minneapolis. 2011 WL 1642510 (Minn. App. 2011), rev. den. July 19, 2011.
This case illustrates how important it is for commissioners to understand the restrictions that may be placed on them when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity.
The Situation
In 2003, Continental Property Group Inc. (CPG) purchased an option on property located in the Loring Park area of the City of Minneapolis. To build its desired development, CPG applied to the Minneapolis Planning Commission for two necessary conditional use permits and two variances from Minneapolis' zoning requirements.
In August 2004, the city's Community Planning and Economic Development staff reviewed the application and issued a report that recommended that the Minneapolis Planning Commission deny the application. The commission did so later that month.
CPG appealed to the Minneapolis City Council in September 2004. The 13-member body consists of numerous subcommittees. The Zoning and Planning Committee is made up of five council members, including Councilmember Lisa Goodman at the time. The proposed development was in Goodman's district.
On Sept. 15, the Zoning and Planning Committee unanimously voted to deny CPG's application. Then the complete council unanimously voted to deny CPG's application Sept. 24.
Despite the city council's decision, CPG exercised its option to purchase the property. The company later submitted a new conditional use permit application, which staff recommended that the Planning Commission approve. CPG later withdrew its application. The city imposed a development moratorium in 2005.
Which Hat Is It?
The role of a county commissioner requires making legislative and quasi-judicial decisions. Legislative decisions establish policies for future application, while quasi-judicial, or administrative decisions, are the application of those policies.
Examples of legislative decisions of a county board that establish a policy include:
- adoption of plans
- adoption of ordinances (or amendments to ordinances)
- passing budgets
Examples of quasi-judicial decisions wherein a county board applies previously established policies include decisions on:
- variances
- special exceptions
- subdivision plats
- zoning code violations
- site plan review
- employee terminations
The distinction between legislative and quasi-judicial decision making in zoning matters is important. In quasi-judicial proceedings, the decision-making body must follow stricter procedural requirements. As the name implies, quasi-judicial proceedings must be similar to those followed by courts. If the requirements are not followed, the decision could be invalidated by a court if it is challenged.
Legal Action
Two years later in March, CPG sued the City of Minneapolis alleging that its decision on the 2004 application and the 2005 moratorium were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the company's due process and equal protection rights, entitling CPG to relief under the Federal Civil Rights Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. CPG also exercised its right to judicial review under Minnesota Statutes, Section462.361, Subdivision 1 (2010).
The district court granted the city summary judgment on CPG's equal protection claim, but allowed CPG's due process claim and judicial review of the land use decision under state law to proceed to trial. CPG asserted that Councilmember Goodman's conduct, relative to the proposed development, precluded CPG from having a fair and neutral hearing on its application. Therefore, it rendered the council's decision arbitrary and capricious under both federal and state law.
At trial, evidence was presented that neighborhood opposition existed to the company's proposed project and that Councilmember Goodman was involved not only in an effort to assist and organize neighborhood opposition, but also to sway the opinions of other councilmembers. Evidence showed that the opinion of the councilmember in whose ward a project is proposed is given substantial weight by other councilmembers. CPG argued that Councilmember Goodman acted as more of an advocate rather than as a quasi-judicial decision maker.
After reviewing the evidence, the district court found that the city violated CPG's procedural due process rights. It also found that the city's decision was arbitrary and capricious under state law. The court awarded CPG $165,369 in compensatory damages for out-of-pocket expenses and $357,523 in attorney fees and costs.
Both parties appealed. CPG's appeal was based in part on the amount of damages awarded. The company sought approximately $11 million in damages.
Court of Appeals Decides
The Court of Appeals reversed the damage award for the alleged due process clause violation. The court found that because CPG did not have a protected property interest in either the conditional use permit or variance application process, it was not entitled to the protections of the due process clause. However, the court upheld the district court's decision that the council's decision was arbitrary and capricious under state law.
In remanding the case, the court noted that a decision is arbitrary and capricious "if the decision maker relied on factors it is not permitted or intended to consider." Id. citing In re Charges of Unprofessional Conduct Contained in Panel File 98-26, 596 N.W.2d 563, 567 (Minn. 1999). The council must also act in good faith. Id.
The court noted that although there was objective evidence in the record to support the council's decision to deny the applications, Councilmember Goodman's conduct, as presented in the trial court record, established that the council relied on factors it was not intended or permitted to consider when denying CPG's application. Therefore, the court concluded that the council's decision was arbitrary and capricious.
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently denied the parties' applications for additional review.
Objectivity Is Key
Although this case is an unpublished Court of Appeals case and, therefore, limited in its precedential value, elected board members should be mindful of potentially partisan/advocacy conduct when the board is sitting in a quasi-judicial manner. Elected officials need to be responsive to constituent needs and opinions.
However, when acting as quasi-judicial decision makers, elected/appointed board members must ensure that they are listening to the evidence presented in an objective/neutral manner and on the record before the board. Failing to do so exposes the board to having its decision overturned on appeal, even when the decision otherwise may have been supported by the record.
MCIT recommends consulting with the county attorney or other legal counsel when questions arise.


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An elderly widow, who sat with his late wife's memorial during his granddaughter's wedding, didn't know "his little act of love" was so public.
Sahrah Elswick, 20, a stay-at-home mother in West Virginia, tweeted a photo of her 71-year-old grandfather, Billy Gray, sitting with his lunch at a homemade memorial for his late wife Barbara, at Elswick's July 6 wedding in Alderson, West Virginia.
"Pawpaw sat and ate with mawmaw today at my wedding," Elswick wrote on Twitter Sunday, sharing the nostalgic photo, which received 19,000 shares and 175,000 likes.
Two years ago, Barbara, then 64, passed away from colon cancer. "It was very unexpected," Elswick tells Yahoo Lifestyle. "She was the kindest and sweetest soul I have ever known — she was so proud to be a mom and grandma."
Gray first met his wife while collecting trash in their Alderson neighborhood. She had been standing outside her home when Gray passed by on his route, and he thought she was beautiful, says Elswick. They were married for 45 years.
Pawpaw sat and ate with mawmaw today at my wedding 🥺 pic.twitter.com/GEXWMCfgXB— Sahrah Elswick (@sahrahMichelle) July 7, 2019
"They were the textbook definition of pure, unconditional love," Elswich tells Yahoo Lifestyle. "They always stuck together and they were so happy — always joking around and making each other laugh."
Elswick says she knew her "best friend would be watching from Heaven" and decided to decorate a chair with photos of "Mawmaw" and a framed sign that read, "We know you would be here today if heaven wasn't so far away."
The bride says she didn't realize that her grandfather was sitting at the memorial, until her friend mentioned it. "I immediately burst into tears," Elswick tells Yahoo Lifestyle. "It just blew me away."
Gray explained to his granddaughter, "I wanted to sit with her."
While Gray "doesn't completely understand the internet," he knows he went viral, says Elswick. "He never meant for his little act of love to get so much attention."
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August 31st is National Eat Outside Day! For many, this is because the last day of August is one of the last days they'll be able to enjoy the beautiful outdoors before the chill of fall sets in. Here in Hawaii, eating
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NRA sues San Francisco over terrorist declaration
The National Rifle Association sued San Francisco on Monday over the city's recent declaration that the gun-rights lobby is a "domestic terrorist organization."
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses city officials of violating the gun lobby's free speech rights for political reasons and says the city is seeking to blacklist anyone associated with the NRA. It asks the court to step in "to instruct elected officials that freedom of speech means you cannot silence or punish those with whom you disagree."
Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a resolution calling the NRA a "domestic terrorist organization," contending the NRA spreads propaganda that seeks to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence.
The resolution follows some recent high-profile shootings, including one in Gilroy, California, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco, where a gunman entered a festival with an AK-style long gun, killing three people and injuring 17 before killing himself. Since that shooting on July 28, there have been at least three mass shootings — in El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and in the West Texas towns of Odessa and Midland.
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- BS, Linguistics, CSD, French and French Literature, 2015, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
- Interdisciplinary Master in Communication Sciences and Neurodevelompental Disabilities, 2018, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
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- Su, P. L., Castle, G., & Camarata, S. (2019). Cross-modal generalization of receptive and expressive vocabulary in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 4, 1-18 https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941518824495
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On July 14th, at the regular scheduled Logan Township meeting there will be discussion regarding the recent rule changes from FEMA about the availability of flood insurance in the designated flood plain of the Pere Marquette river.
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Availability is also determined by your relationship to the flood plain, mainly your elevation in regards to historic river levels. The FEMA flood plains maps are here It takes some fooling around to find anything, your tax dollars weren't spent on an easy to use web format, and how it might effect your township taxes hopefully will be explained on July 14th.
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The May 2014 newsletter from the Land Conservancy of West Michigan announced two new easements on the Pere Marquette, one near Bowman lake/Bowman bridge on the main Branch, and One here on the Big South branch
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Mercedes-Benz took the wraps off the first "AMG Performance Center" in Thailand recently, a glamorous ceremony to launch the new high-end sales zone exclusive to the sporty sub brand.
The trail blazing concept is part of the just one year old "Benz BKK Autohaus" dealership located on Kanchanapisek Road on the western outskirts of the capital city.
Mercedes has sky high hopes for the AMG brand here – which was only officially launched with a new and ambitious growth strategy three years ago. The AMG Performance Center is the next big step forward in the plan.
Mercedes is the premium/luxury segment leader here; it enjoys a staggering half share of this market and has been unchallenged for 18 consecutive years, so it needs to find directions to grow and to exploit its huge and well developed footprint (it has 32 dealers nationwide with 4 more coming this year) as well the reputation for good service and reliability it enjoys.
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That aggressive roll out started with 4 models being launched in 2017, 6 more last year and 12 are being added this year. So, there is already a lot of depth to the range.
Demand is ahead of Mercedes' predictions too. "[Sales are] much, much stronger than we expected actually," said Roland Folger, President of Mercedes Benz Thailand, during the opening ceremony of the AMG Performance Center at Benz BKK Autohaus.
The volumes are there to further tempt dealers to invest. "We started out in 2016 and in 2017," he adds. "We grew by twice or nearly three times up to 100 units and then last year we sold about 300 units of AMG and this year we hope we can continue with that growth potential."
Benz BKK Autohaus is a flashy new dealership in the Bang Khae district. Sited alongside the western ring road it commands a perfect position and is vast – in the style of the new generation of super dealers – with a long glass fronted showroom, an almost endless service bay and its own multi-storey carpark.
It only opened a year ago so it's still very new and shiny – and now it's the location of the first "AMG Performance Center" in Thailand.
The showroom is very clean and clinical with dark colours and strategically positioned spotlights, very Germanic in its design philosophy. It delves straight into AMG's DNA as it has a real motorsport feel.
The activities of the dominant Mercedes AMG F1 team can often be overlooked in Mercedes' marketing – but not on this occasion. A huge graphic of the F1 pit crew, suited up and ready for action dominates one wall. "AMG allows us to connect all the benefits we see in Formula 1 and actually transferring it into our Mercedes Benz vehicles," says Folger.
Meanwhile the floor covering mimics the asphalt of a racetrack – and in fact it's quite realistic to the touch although whether many well-heeled customers will get down on their knees to realise that remains to be seen. Not sure how easy it's going to be to clean though. Emphasising further the circuit feel, the cars on display are positioned in "grid boxes".
With the addition of AMG giving the Mercedes dealers two brands that appeal to somewhat different audiences, expect a very rapid uptake across the soon-to-be-36-strong dealer network, few are likely to want to miss out on the opportunity.
Already, says Folger, the momentum AMG is enjoying has sparked dealer enthusiasm. "Most dealers are in agreement so this is just the beginning," he says. "We will have a whole host of other dealer openings as well, [dealers] that have been able and willing to invest into this."
A high-end showroom certainly comes at a cost and Mercedes has set the bar high. "It depends on the dealer and how much they want to invest," says Folger. "What we have is a minimum requirement of the materials used, that they have a certain minimum space they reserve for the vehicles; we would like them to also cover the surface with a specific racing surface and basically put markings down there and [another] requirement from our side is that they have specific training for their people on the sales side."
The carrot for everyone is taking AMG here to the next level and Folger is confident that the "AMG Performance Center" concept is going to see sales rocket even further. "We hope we can at least double [sales], that would be the overall expectation," he says. "We strongly believe that there is a large group of customers in the Thai market, especially in Bangkok, that have a heart, have the blood for higher performance cars and to combine that with a brand like Mercedes that is known for its reliability and premium service that is naturally everybody's dream because if you drive any other car you have one workshop in Bangkok and maybe another in Chiang Mai and that's about it."
The AMG Performance Center is already a tried and tested game plan around the world – so it's already been well refined and the brand will be supporting the dealers to the hilt. "It's a similar concept, we didn't invent something specifically for Thailand, we're also guided by the support that we get from Germany as far as AMG requirements are concerned [and] also as far as the vehicles are concerned," notes Folger.
"Some of the vehicles like that a dealer could not afford to put into his showroom," he continues. "So, with the support of AMG on our side we can create an atmosphere for people who are interested in high performance cars as well to get to experience and also to drive them possibly."
The AMG Performance Center concept seems a real no brainer. "What we see is a significant potential and also our dealers are convinced to come to us and asked us if they can invest," says Folger. "So, it was really us that pushed from our side, it's more an investment opportunity for the dealers because unlike in other countries only dealers that do the investment that you see here are also able to qualify for the AMG dealerships. Other dealers that don't have that will not be able to sell AMG cars."
At Benz BKK Autohaus the attention to detail in the AMG Performance Center zone is impressive; aside from the asphalt style carpets and F1 graphics there is an AMG GT C in red, a GT R in metallic green and of course the iconic G Wagen in metallic silver. It's a potent mix of AMG's high-end models complimented on the floor below by further spins off from across the production range.
The AMG Performance Center is knocking on an open door and – so far – it looks to be a winning move by Mercedes in Thailand.


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