My future in someone else's hands...

Never thought I would become rilled up over much, I am pretty calm, even-tempered person, but I am growing deeper concerned over the Harrison Square project. I am thirty-eight years old, active in many not for profits plus I have company that covers multiple states. I understand the idea of investing in something, making a stance, and giving back to the community. I find great surprise when our city is being handed millions of dollars in opportunities to create and generate economic development through the addition of a mass of land to become the home of a new stadium, housing, shopping, entertainment and lodging only for a very irritable group of elders in our community to say 'we don't need it or want it'. This is not about raising taxes, or having this grand construction in a popular residential neighborhood. This is not about thriving business closing and having their property ripped from under them. I can not begin to tell you how terrifying this could be if Fort Wayne loses this opportunity to have a venue in Downtown Fort Wayne which can have multi-uses. It is not the whine about "it's not about baseball..." No! It is not about baseball, it is about economic development. It is about the future our city, the future of our community and the youth of our community that should be afforded the chance to have a better life, with better options and the ability to call Fort Wayne home. If you find this yet unclear of which side of the construction fence you are on, or if you would stand on fire to help save our community or if you're hoping that the city falls into a big fat sink hole, then you must show up Thursday for the Northeast Indiana Neighborhood Partnership meeting. This will be held at Good Shepherd Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave. at 6:30 p.m. Please grab a friend, a spouse, a neighbor and show up and hear the rest of the story! This is beyond just doing something for yourself, this is survival for our community.