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Great. Every possible way to show the positive side of this project is going to need to be addressed before November.
EDIT: Once again, I've taken something from one thread and put it in it's own thread so no one will miss it. Maybe this could be the designated thread for "heads up" about upcoming news stories, features, etc. on all the various channels.
EDIT: Once again, I've taken something from one thread and put it in it's own thread so no one will miss it. Maybe this could be the designated thread for "heads up" about upcoming news stories, features, etc. on all the various channels.
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I lived in the Bay Area when Pac Bell Park was being constructed, so I know exactly what that area looked like before it was built. Anyone who has been to a game at the ball park knows that part of town is pretty cool. It used to be a wasteland of light industrial, warehouses, and undeveloped contaminated properties. It really is your case history for waht a ball park can potentiall do to an area....Obviously, that was privately financed....
So, did anyone besides me watch the story?
Demsky did an excellent job as he talked to the mayor of San Francisco, business owners (including one who was the only business there before the new ballpark was constructed), fans (both die-hard and casual) and your average person off the street just having a good time with what was there to offer.
I also liked his closing images of how the San Francisco China Basin used to look like (empty and ugly like our downtown rail yard) and how it looks today (full of people having a good time).
Demsky did an excellent job as he talked to the mayor of San Francisco, business owners (including one who was the only business there before the new ballpark was constructed), fans (both die-hard and casual) and your average person off the street just having a good time with what was there to offer.
I also liked his closing images of how the San Francisco China Basin used to look like (empty and ugly like our downtown rail yard) and how it looks today (full of people having a good time).
I watched it. Very good story. Sometimes you wonder how somebody who has a phd can argue away at a point that everyone can plainly see is exactly the opposite.
I loved this statement: "We've taken in an additional $500 million dollars in tax revenue from all the new development surrounding the ball park in the last 6 years".
Hey, that's a big number.
I loved this statement: "We've taken in an additional $500 million dollars in tax revenue from all the new development surrounding the ball park in the last 6 years".
Hey, that's a big number.
I just e-mailed Demsky about the possibility of replaying that story during the top of the hour when more people will be watching, especially non sports fans.
I also liked Demsky talking to a guy who got a job as a bartender because he needed a job to help raise his daughter. He's been doing his job for years now and loves it. Demsky also spoke with an older woman and I wish I could remember her comments but she spoke positive about the ballpark and what it brought. There was a word she used that summed it up nicely and I cannot remember what it was.
I also liked Demsky talking to a guy who got a job as a bartender because he needed a job to help raise his daughter. He's been doing his job for years now and loves it. Demsky also spoke with an older woman and I wish I could remember her comments but she spoke positive about the ballpark and what it brought. There was a word she used that summed it up nicely and I cannot remember what it was.
I watched it. Very good story. Sometimes you wonder how somebody who has a phd can argue away at a point that everyone can plainly see is exactly the opposite.
I loved this statement: "We've taken in an additional $500 million dollars in tax revenue from all the new development surrounding the ball park in the last 6 years".
Hey, that's a big number.
I loved this statement: "We've taken in an additional $500 million dollars in tax revenue from all the new development surrounding the ball park in the last 6 years".
Hey, that's a big number.