A group of community leaders will meet to begin studying the feasibility of a downtown mixed-use baseball stadium. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 14 at the Baker & Daniels law office, 111 E. Wayne St.
Last October, Mayor Graham Richard announced a call for action to begin several downtown projects as recommended by the BlueprintPlus process. One of the recommendations was to further evaluate a downtown mixed-use baseball stadium complex.
Mark Becker, Deputy Mayor
Steve Brody,
Bob Taylor, Do It Best
Jack Swarbrick, B&D Consulting
Cheri Becker, Invent Tomorrow
Randy Brown, Memorial Coliseum
Mike Bynum, City Plan Commission
Dan Carmody, DID
Quinton Dixie, IPFW
Steve Gard, Downtown Business Owner
Gerald Hirschy, Spiece Fieldhouse
Paula Hughes, County Council
Marla Irving, Commissioner
Phil Laux, Chamber
Jack Lehman, Memorial Coliseum
Sam Talarico, City Council
Tom Neizer, Barrett & McNagny
Dan O'Connell, CVB
Tim Pape, City Council
Mark Pope, IPFW
Nationally-recognized architect and planning visionary Gianni Longo led a process to develop the project recommendations by building on the foundation established in the original Downtown Blueprint. Since last April, Longo and a steering committee have worked together to create a BlueprintPlus action plan for downtown revitalization. Public participation and community consensus guided the process.