A PLAN ALLOWS BASEBALL TO RETURN BACK TO TIGER STADIUM GROUNDS, by the Detroit News. (Now before I cut and paste this story that weve all seemed to have heard about from back in March, I want to warn you of the ASSHOLE in the room, GEORGE JACKSON. Now this bum is SUPPOSED TO BE retired, thinks what we do at the field is evil, wrong, a waste of time, and keeps the CITY from attracting potential developers. But this is the same CRAP FOR BRAINS, that gave us the $100 million dollar jail F-UP over on Gratiot, the empty fields of CASS TECH, and the Ford Auditorium. So, take what he says in the article, with a DETROIT SALT MINE worth of salt!) Detroit — Baseball could return in youth form to the former Tiger Stadium in a plan released Tuesday by the city’s economic development agency. MARCH 25, 2014 The city is formally beginning to request proposals to develop the famed 9.5 acre-site, which is now empty. As part of the plan, space is being set aside for a new headquarters for Detroit PAL, a nonprofit youth sports group, and a youth baseball field that would cover the same footprint where the Detroit Tigers played. It also envisions three zones for development. “This vision for the site represents the best combination of input from all the significant stakeholders — the City of Detroit, the Corktown community, and all those who have fond memories of the great baseball games played at Tiger Stadium,” said George Jackson, president and CEO of Detroit Economic Growth Corp., which is the lead agency for redeveloping the city-owned site “Every time a youngster runs a base on the youth field, it will honor the legacy of the field itself, while every dollar invested in the surrounding development will enhance the viability of Corktown’s future.” The new headquarters for Detroit PAL would be along Cochrane Street. Two areas of the site — one along Michigan Avenue and the other along Trumbull Street — would be set aside for a mix of stores, residential or office space. A third development zone along Kaline Drive is not being offered at this time. Proposals are due in late May, with a decision made by the end of August. The Tigers played their last game at the site in 1999. Demolition of the stadium began in 2008. Through the years, there have been various failed plans and heated words thrown at city officials about what to do with the site. (P.S. Always remember folks, there were about 40 attempts to replace Tiger Stadium over the years, and nobody believed it until 2000 when the doors of the COPA opened. But these politicians that currently run this state, and this city, ARE NOT THE TYPICAL crooks and con men that youre used to. This is a new breed of Dictator, and they are only out to stuff not only their VAULTS, but to make one or two rich guys, PILES OF MONEY, get higher. They would sell their mother, to make one more penny.) From The Detroit News: detroitnews/article/20140325/METRO01/303250054#ixzz2zPlODuDq
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 06:48:08 +0000
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