Outstanding Raffle Prize for the Discerning Cub Fan!

I have two tickets to the Cubs-Rockies game on the 27th of June. I won these at the send a kid to camp golf outing a few weeks ago and forgot all about them because baseball ceased to be a sport for me once they canceled the World Series many years ago or so.

They are Upper Deck Reserved Aisle 524 Row 1 seats 107 and 108, the game is a 1:20 start. Slightly to the right of home plate, in fact I found a picture pretty close to the actual seat you will be in!

Best "sob story" in under 50 words about why you are a Cub fan will win the tickets, you must be a Round Lake resident! All decisions of the Mayor are final as they should be! Winner will be announced Monday morning! Deadline for submissions are Saturday night at midnight!

Baseball Task Force Created

As you may recall I blogged about the possibility of attracting a minor league baseball team to Round Lake awhile ago, complete with a poll! Which had a 78% favorable feeling to it.

I have named Niel Flamm to head the task force, and he has asked me to let you know that the first date for the meeting is March 7 at 6pm at the village hall.

I have given the task force four basic questions to answer.

1. How much economic benefit does a minor league team bring to a municipality?
2. What are the costs of building a stadium?
   
3. What kind of stadium would be appropriate for the area?
   
4. How would we attract a team if we got past the first two questions and what would be the form of agreement it would take?

Niel wants to have a lively group so if you are interested in attending the first meeting you can email him here.

By the way the picture comes from a marvelous site called MinorLeagueBallParks.com with some great pictures. Pick a style and its here!

Walking into the Future

Had two walks this weekend, one scheduled the other unscheduled, the first on Saturday morning was in South Valley Lakes with Mike Vanata, who led the charge up numerous hills, I would guess we did at least 3 miles.

Then this morning I was up walking with Michael Blum, and Neil Flamm who wanted to talk about minor league baseball and the possibility of locating a team here in Round Lake.

So here is a poll, if there is a certain amount of interest, I will create a Citizens Commission to investigate the details and the see what the who, what, when, where and what's of process.

Would you like a minor league team in Round Lake?
	Yes
	No
Free polls from Pollhost.com

I am not sold on the idea by a long shot, but I think it might bear merit in the context of our downtown development plan to generate foot traffic and if located near restaurants and our train station it might bear scrutiny.