For local info on a project I think is wasteful, the Harrison Square project. I read where a Montessori school was bought for demolition. The school is having trouble finding a location, which is odd, considering the city had to buy the building, right? I saw that they were charging $149 weekly for pre-school and $129 weekly for other ages. That isn't a lot, but that should keep their heads above water.
I am against the project, as I have written before, because another minor league team downtown isn't going to be a draw for tourists. That doesn't give FW a novelty. What FW needs are jobs and a novelty. That site ought to make parking and fireworks right pretty and messy during the festivals. Those putting this together should be dismissed from the project in favor of people who know what people want.
FW, city of churches, restaurants, strip clubs, and two minor league teams, minor league hockey, minor league basketball.
That doesn't sell.
Friday, March 09, 2007
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They aren't looking at getting a second baseball team, just moving the current team. That leaves the question of what will happen to the existing stadium.
I believe the reason they are going with baseball is because they already had data for that. To get the money for this project, a new, risky sport would be hard to sell. In this case, they can show all the Excel spreadsheets they have from previous years with the Wizards and TRANSPLANT (something they can transplant) those people downtown to infuse it with commerse. As for the festival, I think it will HELP parking. The Wizards always have a home game on the 4th of July and some people go just to get a good seat to see the fireworks rather than the preceding game. Any extra parking could be cordoned off and used for the festival (for $5 of course).
I know the knee-jerk reaction is to criticize the government, but I see them trying. Headwaters park was a good idea that served a very practicle purpose, the ice rink was a nice Rockwell touch to the town, but doesn't draw the big numbers they need--still, numbers probably fall off in the winter anyway. But THIS is moving money downtown--it's a good idea, and a worthwhile risk, whether is works or not, the concept is good for the city.
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