With entrepreneur Mark Houser still trying to get a minor league baseball stadium and team off the ground in Woodstock, I keep looking for what’s happening in other parts of the country. You may remember that Heartland Community College in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Heartland Community College
Memorial Day, Normal’s CornBelters Frontier League team played its first game in its new stadium, called the Corn Crib. They lost 3-2 to Windy City, but filled the new stadium. The stadium is near the intersection of I-39 and I-55. … Continue reading
The team was named the “CornBelters.“ Nice play on words. The “Corn Crib” is what the stadium will be called. I wonder if it will be decorated like South Dakota’s Corn Palace. It’s covered with murals made out of corn … Continue reading
There are two items that might be of interest to McHenry County leaders still pursuing a baseball stadium. First, most Frontier Baseball League teams had fewer fans per game this past summer than previously. Even though ten of eleven had … Continue reading
There are two items that might be of interest to McHenry County leaders still pursuing a baseball stadium. First, most Frontier Baseball League teams had fewer fans per game this past summer than previously. Even though ten of eleven had … Continue reading
While McHenry County College tried to convince local taxpayers that Pete Heitman’s baseball stadium would pay for itself and even subsidize construction of other facilities, no one who looked at the deal was convinced. The 20-year bonds were to be … Continue reading
While McHenry County College tried to convince local taxpayers that Pete Heitman’s baseball stadium would pay for itself and even subsidize construction of other facilities, no one who looked at the deal was convinced. The 20-year bonds were to be … Continue reading
Comparing the deal being negotiated by Heartland Community College in the Bloomington-Normal part of Illinois, it certainly looks like it. Randy Reinhardt of the Bloomington Pantagraph writes that Mike Veeck‘s Frontier League team is recommended for the nod. OK. Same … Continue reading
Comparing the deal being negotiated by Heartland Community College in the Bloomington-Normal part of Illinois, it certainly looks like it. Randy Reinhardt of the Bloomington Pantagraph writes that Mike Veeck‘s Frontier League team is recommended for the nod. OK. Same … Continue reading
Bids. McHenry County residents never heard that word in connection with the minor league baseball stadium that McHenry County College’s board of trustees tried to foist on us taxpayers. But that word is in the first sentence of Bloomington Pantagraph … Continue reading
Bids. McHenry County residents never heard that word in connection with the minor league baseball stadium that McHenry County College’s board of trustees tried to foist on us taxpayers. But that word is in the first sentence of Bloomington Pantagraph … Continue reading
Heartland Community College President Jon Astrorth does his MCC President Walt Packard imitation at next Tuesday night’s board meeting, according to the Bloomington Pantograph. That’s the day when the board is predicted to decide whether to move forward with a … Continue reading
Heartland Community College President Jon Astrorth does his MCC President Walt Packard imitation at next Tuesday night’s board meeting, according to the Bloomington Pantograph. That’s the day when the board is predicted to decide whether to move forward with a … Continue reading
Mike Thiessen is the deal maker for Heartland Community College’s minor league baseball stadium in Normal, Illinois. This started out as a “we investors will pay for the stadium” deal, but you can imagine what is happening with public money … Continue reading
Mike Thiessen is the deal maker for Heartland Community College’s minor league baseball stadium in Normal, Illinois. This started out as a “we investors will pay for the stadium” deal, but you can imagine what is happening with public money … Continue reading
In Normal. That’s north of Bloomington. Although the idea for a minor league baseball team surfaced in McLean County after it did in McHenry County, Heartland Community College is further along on the approval path than is McHenry County (Junior) … Continue reading
In Normal. That’s north of Bloomington. Although the idea for a minor league baseball team surfaced in McLean County after it did in McHenry County, Heartland Community College is further along on the approval path than is McHenry County (Junior) … Continue reading
When I told an astute observer of McHenry County politics that another friend of McHenry County Blog had sent me a Bloomington Pantagraph article about Heartland Community College’s welcoming a minor league baseball stadium on its campus, here was the … Continue reading
When I told an astute observer of McHenry County politics that another friend of McHenry County Blog had sent me a Bloomington Pantagraph article about Heartland Community College’s welcoming a minor league baseball stadium on its campus, here was the … Continue reading
Bet you think this is another article about McHenry County College’s attempt to put a baseball stadium on taxpayer-financed land in Crystal Lake. You’re wrong. A friend of McHenry County Blog was reading the Bloomington Pantograph and found a story … Continue reading