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Good News ?!?!


Well, here goes... I'm creating this blog site to keep up-to-date on recent events that I believe can effect the local, state and national real estate markets. I'll post commentary every week, sometimes every few days. I hope that this, along with my monthly newsletter, will keep you all informed and maybe even entertained.

OK, so for the first of the commentaries is the news that our revered Dodgertown has been 'leased' to Minor League Baseball for $1 per year, along with their agreement to maintain the facility to the tune of approximately $100,000 per year. The contract was forged for an initial 5 years and is apparently renewable.


Is Minor League Baseball in Vero Beach a good thing? Who knows? Will it draw the interest and loyalty of visitors that came for the Dodgers? Will it be a boon to our ever-so-slow economy? Will it help to stem double digit unemployment here in Indian River County? Will county residents flock to the practice fields to watch and find any enjoyment there again, after decades of the Dodger connection?

There is talk of the golf course being revitalized. It was a shame to let it go in the first place. But now, with the economy slow and fewer visitors showing up during 'season', why do we need another golf course? So that the minor league players can relax on the links, along with those attending the proposed fantasy camps, United Football League practices, umpire training and grounds keeper training programs? Is this all sounding a bit honky-tonk to you, too?

Seems a shame. At a time when the county could have aimed high, going after another Major League team, instead they just aimed. Let's hope that this deal doesn't leave us all out in left field.