The root of this debacle was the sale of Contemporary Crafts gallery on SW Corbett.  Profit allowed it to move to the NW Davis location, and was followed by fancy-schmantzy glitz such as expensive name cards which, by themselves, showed the move to re-brand everything, to become, in effect, "part of the Pearl."  It simply did not pencil out but that did not stop the impossible goal. CCA was a mecca for world class craft creators and tourists who knew of it.  Sad tale of over-reach.