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Corktown group pushes plan for Tiger Stadium

Monday, March 05, 2007

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A new conservancy formed by the Greater Corktown Development Corp. is working on plans to redevelop the baseball field at Tiger Stadium into a park for youth sports programs and is talking with the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame about making the site its permanent home � possibly in a piece of the existing stadium.

The Detroit Economic Growth Corp. has a letter of understanding for the project with Corktown Development serving as fiduciary for the newly formed Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy until it secures its own nonprofit status, said Corktown�s Project Manager Jeff Wattrick.

The conservancy, which has been quietly building its board and capacity for fundraising, plans to launch a campaign later this year to fund redevelopment of the field, some sort of memorial to the site and an endowment to pay for the park�s upkeep, he said. It�s uncertain what form the memorial might take.

Locating the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame at the site would be ideal, Wattrick said. �They have a 50-year history of this; there seems no reason to duplicate what they�re already planning to do.�

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