Minor League Baseball Idea Gaining Momentun

The idea of bringing a minor league baseball team to Phoenixville is gaining support. From The Phoenix:

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If a couple dozen community leaders gathered at Phoenixville Middle School Thursday morning have their way, Phoenixville could be home to minor league baseball.

A couple dozen leaders, that is, who were quickly joined as of Friday afternoon by a half-dozen others. A citizen’s petition drafted Friday and beginning to circulate promises, its authors believe, to add scores more in a demonstration of wide community support for the proposal.

Borough Council member Mike Handwerk (D-Middle) first suggested that Phoenixville explore collaboration with the Chester County Stadium Project Task Force, a volunteer group formed by West Chester Mayor Richard Yoder and Chester County Economic Development Council President and CEO Gary Smith.

The Task Force’s objective, according to Thomas H. McIntyre, Director of Government & Municipal Services for the CCEDC, “is to explore the possibility of constructing a regional, 4,000-to-5,000-seat, multi-purpose, family-oriented recreational venue that would be the home of an affiliated minor league baseball team.”
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The article went on to say that the steel site would be the location for the stadium. Brandywine Financial Services is currently in negotiations to buy the site and area apparently on board with the idea.

For those interested in signing the petition, it will be available for review and signature through area civic groups including PAPA, Kiwanis, Rotary, and the Phoenixville Community Education Foundation, and others.

Source: The Phoenix

Edited 5/19/08: The Phoenixville Area School District has added the petition to their website.