Instead of considering a world class, unique, sportsplex on the Parkside homes land- which would link Kettering Fields, the river, Island Park with the new Kroc Center- and could be a hub for economic development thanks to sports tourism-
the city hasn’t learned a damn thing from the Greene fiasco- with overbuilding- and putting local businesses out of business to be replaced with cookie cutter chain stores.
So- because we don’t have a brain between our 4 commissioners and mayor- we’re going to give away the sportsplex land- to build a super Wal-mart.
If you drive out Salem ave, or US 35 to Xenia- you can see where Wal-Mart built a store less than 10 years ago- and then picked up and moved across the street- leaving the “absolutely critical” development from 10 years ago- vacant.
I’d rather invest in our own social capital and build things for the people on public land- than sell it off to carpetbaggers- but, noooooo-
see the whole article in the Dayton Daily News- which wouldn’t dare write about the SportsPlex complex as a viable alternative to another Big Box Boink of the taxpayers- who undoubtedly will be asked to subsidize the developers with tax abatements and TIFF deals.
Ballpark Village could be ready for shoppers in ’09 [1]
North of Fifth Third Field and overlooking the river, the plan for Ballpark Village includes a gourmet grocery, shops, restaurants, a fitness facility and entertainment venues. At the Parkside site, the partners envision a shopping area anchored by a couple of big-box retailers.Dickstein said the developer has two restaurants and up to four businesses interested in leasing space at Ballpark Village, and they’re talking to six big-box retailers for the Parkside site.