Supporters, critics take swings at Fort Wayne's ballpark plan

By Benjamin Lanka, The Journal Gazette

Supporters outnumbered critics - albeit slightly - as residents flocked to Good Shepherd United Methodist Church on Thursday night to discuss downtown Fort Wayne's proposed Harrison Square development.

A few hundred residents attended a public hearing at the church at Vance Avenue and Reed Road to learn, promote, question and criticize the $125 million public-private project that would include a new hotel, shopping, condominiums and a city-owned baseball stadium in downtown Fort Wayne.