Many of the 68,000 people in the seats at Lucas Oil Stadium were corporate decision makers. They came here from all over the country, if not the world. Most of them were blown away by Hoosier hospitality and exuberance while they were here. Who knows? The next time they decide to build a national distribution center, open up a mid west regional office, or move their corporate headquarters, maybe they'll seriously consider Indianapolis because of the experience they had here during Super Bowl XLVI. It could happen.
It is called economic development. It's the reason Indianapolis wanted to host the Super Bowl. It's why Lucas Oil Stadium was built and partially funded with public money.
Likewise, economic development is why we do a lot of the things we're doing in Westfield. Take Grand Park, for instance. Although it'll be nice to have plenty of playing fields for Westfield youth to play soccer, football, and baseball, it's the businesses that locate around the sports campus that we're really after. Those businesses will construct buildings, create jobs, and pay taxes. They will help shoulder the tax burden that now rests so heavily on residential homeowners.
The Grand Junction and a revitalized downtown are also economic development generators. Just like our budding trail system and Grand Park, they are amenities for people who live and work in Westfield. Amenities improve quality of life. That's what people and businesses look for when they relocate.
So the next time you hear a public official utter the phrase "economic development," just think "Super Bowl" and you'll know exactly what they're talking about.
KK
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| I took this photo of the Super Bowl Ring display at the NFL Experience |
4 comments:
Thanks for your latest blog, Ken. Indy did an awesome job with the Super Bowl thanks to the many visionaries over many years. We moved to Indianapolis in 1969. It was an absolute ghost town !! Today, Indy is being looked on favorably by an international audience.
So now we live in Westfield (Since 2005)...a wonderful city just a few miles from Indy. A city that has the opportunity to benefit from Indy's success.The US 31 improvements underway, the new trails, parks, plans for Grand Junction and now Grand Park, we are ideally positioned to attract very positive attention in the next few years !!
Let's keep the momentum going and show: What's Up, Westfield !!!!
Well said, Cool Breeze! Now we need to take good advantage of that positive attention. As you say, we are perfectly positioned to do just that. Full steam ahead!
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