Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Chamber Of Commerce Unanimously Backs Harrison Square

CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEMONSTRATES SUPPORT
FOR DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE


Fort Wayne, IN -- A unanimous show of support for Harrison Square, the City of Fort Wayne’s proposed downtown development initiative, was generated this morning (Tuesday, January 23) at the monthly board meeting of the 2006-2007 Board of Directors of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce.

The Chamber Board of Directors released the following statement:

“We as the Board of Directors of the Greater Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce strongly support the downtown revitalization project, known as Harrison Square, that has been proposed by Mayor Graham Richard.”

Today’s vote by the Chamber Board of Directors came after a presentation at the board meeting on Harrison Square. The presentation was made by Fort Wayne Mayor Graham Richard along with his deputy mayor, Mark Becker, and Steve Brody, a consultant for the city.

You can read the release for yourself by clicking here

4 comments:

brian spaulding said...

This is great news. I expect to see similar professional organizations follow suit in the near future.

Unanimous support from the Chamber's Board of Directors is a sign that the local business community believes that this investment is a wise choice for the future of Fort Wayne.

Anonymous said...

I am puzzled as to why this was apparently not deemed news worthy by either of the local papers. Apparently they did not have enough space with all of their poll data.

Sam Talarico, Jr.

scott spaulding said...

Sam,

It will be interesting to see what is deemed newsworthy in the future also.

Anonymous said...

I am dumbfounded as well as to why this has not been shown in the paper/TV etc. This should be big news in my opinion and would show many citizens in this city that this is not just some crazy idea dreamed up by city officials. It is essential that this type of information be reported to the public.