{"id":292,"date":"2008-02-19T23:17:15","date_gmt":"2008-02-20T04:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=292"},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:56:07","slug":"harrison-square-staging-area-city-council-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/02\/19\/harrison-square-staging-area-city-council-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Square Staging Area &#8211; City Council approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Wayne City Council approved the lease between the Redevelopment Commission and Norfolk Southern Railroad for the Harrison Square staging area.\u00c2\u00a0 There was again discussion about the possible purchase of the area, however it was stated that the Railroad was easy to talk with about leasing, however not so easy when discussion turned to possible purchase.\u00c2\u00a0 Councilman Timothy Pape asked whether the Railroad was asked about possible beautification of the property.\u00c2\u00a0 Greg Leatherman, Redevelopment Commission, responded that it had not been discussed and that the Railroad was more concerned about the <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/02\/20\/wabash-freight-depot\/\">structure on the other end of the property along Harrison Street<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 This has become an eyesore and is in need of desperate attention.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ll let you listen to the mp3 clip for the entire discussion.\u00c2\u00a0 I apologize in advance for the poor quality.\u00c2\u00a0 It is audible, you might need to turn up your volume &#8211; don&#8217;t forget to resume your normal volume after finishing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/i_sound_clip.gif\" alt=\"mp3 clip\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; mp3 file<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Previous AFW posts: <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/01\/30\/redevelopment-commission-meeting-1312008\/\">1\/30\/2008<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/01\/31\/redevelopment-commission-meeting-1312008-2\/\">1\/31\/2008<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/02\/04\/harrison-square-staging-area\/\">2\/4\/2008<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/02\/05\/harrison-square-staging-area-update\/\">2\/5\/2008<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/pdf.gif\" alt=\"pdf file of this document\" \/>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; R-08-02-02\u00c2\u00a0<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/indiana.typepad.com\/fwob\/\"><font color=\"#66a650\">Courtesy of FWOb<\/font><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/02\/20\/wabash-freight-depot\/\">Wabash Freight Depot<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/70496.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Jim Irwin, Barry Real Estate, leads a tour of Redevelopment Authority and Commission members around the Parkview Field. Photo taken February 16, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='563d7661c77ea9d6f34637bf3cc436ef' data-image-id=\"71\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/70496.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/thumbs\/thumbs_70496.jpg\" data-title=\"Jim Irwin leads a tour of Parkview Field\" data-description=\"Jim Irwin, Barry Real Estate, leads a tour of Redevelopment Authority and Commission members around the Parkview Field. Photo taken February 16, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Jim Irwin leads a tour of Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Jim Irwin leads a tour of Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"71\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/thumbs\/thumbs_70496.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/70629.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission: Casey Cox, Thom Obergfell (partially obscured), Judi Wire, Christopher Guerin, Steve McElhoe, Steve Corona, Greg Leatherman and Attorney John Wernet. Photo taken February 16, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='563d7661c77ea9d6f34637bf3cc436ef' data-image-id=\"72\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/70629.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/thumbs\/thumbs_70629.jpg\" data-title=\"Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission at Parkview Field\" data-description=\"The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission: Casey Cox, Thom Obergfell (partially obscured), Judi Wire, Christopher Guerin, Steve McElhoe, Steve Corona, Greg Leatherman and Attorney John Wernet. Photo taken February 16, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission at Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission at Parkview Field\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"72\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/thumbs\/thumbs_70629.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fw-redevelopment\/70636.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission and Authority meet at Parkview Field in Harrison Square. 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