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KJHburg
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I just reread the article about these tennis and swim center proposals and the Target.  I say don't do either the swimming or tennis and sell part of the land for a Target and use that land sale money

JRCLT
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Kayman, I understand your advocacy, but I don’t like your tone toward KJ with how you’re trying to convey those valid important sentiments and issues with the black and brown community in that area.

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At this rate, I feel like we're eventually going to circle back around and someone with a bunch of money will be like "this would be the perfect spot for a Mall"

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On 5/28/2023 at 8:20 PM, Hushpuppy321 said:

Doesn’t the planned Tennis Complex in River District make this Sports Complex proposal null & void for Eastland?

No, the tennis, racquetball, and pickleball courts weren't the favorite of the Charlotte East residents. They want park lands space with an amphitheater w/ lawn, and something like the esports & office complex

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KJHburg Ecumenopolis

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from Axios reporter

Axios Charlotte Retweeted

""Staff is recommending QC East over the Indoor Sports Complex for Eastland Yards. Council won’t make a decision tonight. Staff sees QC East as a more fleshed-out proposal that's ready to start in the near term.""

 

Evidently there was lots of discussion by the council members tonight  some vigorously opposed the city staff from making a recommendation while other members said that is what we asked staff to do.  No decision was going to be made tonight and the council had previously asked staff to make a recommendation and some were not ready to hear it.   This was attributed to Malcolm Graham :   Malcolm Graham says this is a 13-month problem, not 10-year problem because there are things being built on site already, only empty portion under discussion is because Tepper Sports pulled out last summer. Staff scored projects as asked, he says

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The Eastland saga is confounding to me.  The community seems to stake so much on what goes there (yes, I know it was a mall that aged out).  How exactly is Eastland defining economic development?  It's just a patch of dirt 3.6 miles from what is widely believed to be booming, hotspot Plaza.  Also, yes East Charlotte appears more working class and has bigger pole signs than most other commercial thoroughfares in the city, but it also has businesses seeming to cater to multi-lingual and non-english-speaking Charlotte, and frankly, I don't think it looks all that bad.  Can someone in the know fill me in on the situation there?

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KJHburg Ecumenopolis

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The Eastland saga maybe nearing an end but it still has to get full council approval.

""Charlotte City Council’s economic development committee on Monday afternoon ranked a hybrid sports-esports-entertainment proposal as the top option for a 29-acre site at Eastland Yards, sending the matter to the full 11-member council for a final decision at the end of this month.

The committee discussed and parsed the two proposals for the property for more than two hours. The second option is for a 160,000-square-foot indoor sports hub with surrounding outdoor fields and a hotel.

By a 3-1 vote, the committee deemed the QC East @ Eastland Yards proposal the best choice while leaving the full council room to delve into the rival pitch for the Eastland Yards Indoor Sports Complex when the matter is considered at the Aug. 28 meeting. Dimple Ajmera cast the opposing vote; supporting the measure were Malcolm Graham, Ed Driggs, and Marjorie Molina.""

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2023/08/07/crosland-southeast-eastland-yards.html

 

 

 

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Today's CBJ "Charlotte City Council may consider funding boost beyond $30M for Eastland Yards sports project" by Erik Spanberg

Excerpt:  "Momentum seems to be building for the 29-acre, youth sport-themed project at Eastland Yards - and for additional taxpayer funding."  "Charlotte City Council’s agenda for its Oct. 9 meeting includes a voting item seeking approval for city administrators to negotiate $30 million worth of incentives with the developers of the sports project while continuing work with them on the proposal."  “We’re making meaningful progress,” Malcolm Graham, a council Democrat and head of the jobs and economic development committee, told CBJ on Friday afternoon."

"QC East @ Eastland Yards, combining youth sports fields with esports and entertainment venues, and Eastland Yards Indoor Sports Complex, a combination of indoor and outdoor courts, fields, and tracks, emerged as the two finalists, but council and east-side residents disagreed on which project they preferred."  "A compromise was brokered in late August, with council instructing the rival development groups to enter talks with the city’s economic development division in an attempt to combine the ideas while sharing costs.  Council asked Assistant City Manager Tracy Dodson and the developers to explore possibilities with Crosland Southeast and planning firm LandDesign over 45 days and report back." 

"The follow-up report will come Monday 10/09/2023 during the dinner portion of council’s meeting, followed by the vote to grant City Manager Marcus Jones and Tracy Dodson to work with the firms to hone the revised proposal."  "Council authorized the combined $30 million worth of incentives in June.  QC East and Eastland Yards Indoor Sports Complex, in their separate proposals, sought $28 million to $30 million each in city subsidies, accounting for nearly half the anticipated construction cost."  "Malcolm Graham told CBJ that the combined version to be unveiled Monday includes outdoor fields and scaled-back versions of features of the respective projects so that they can complement one another — and fit everything on the site."

Link:  https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2023/10/06/eastland-yards-funding-plan.html

New Proposal Emerges For Former Eastland Mall Location - WCCB Charlotte's CW

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CLT Development Burg

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16 hours ago, KJHburg said:

This needs more money too.  The Eastland redevelopment.  $15 M more to be exact. 

Bad news for City Council on Eastland: Project could need another $15 million | WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source

It's their own damn fault, instead of picking one they said "both," what the fudge did they think would happen?

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The more I work adjacent to council the more I believe they truly do not spend enough time on their council duties and should move to full time and each have a dedicated staffer that is a city employee. Like, idk, most major cities?

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