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: Mark Houser
The McHenry County Board’s Finance Committee decided to award millions of dollars of Federal Stimulus Bond authority on a “first come, first served” basis. The first two private entities in line were sports related. One was Mark Houser’s EquityOne’s baseball … Continue reading
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
Actually, it wasn’t raining as I drove to Woodstock for the McHenry County Board’s Finance Committee meeting Tuesday. But, it surely poured on the way home. I went to the Administrative Center to catch the second meeting at which EquityOne’s … Continue reading
I haven’t gotten around to writing a story on baseball stadium promoter Mark Houser’s pitch to the McHenry County Board’s Finance and Audit Committee yesterday, so I would encourage you to read the stories of the other three reporters there: … Continue reading
A friend dropped this flying pig on my front porch last week. I haven’t seen him in a while, but I guess I told him the story about Illinois Senate President Pate Philip’s having said the state income tax would … Continue reading
Toot, toot. Or is it, “Hoonk, hoonk?” That train speeding down the track is the one delivering authority for the Woodstock baseball stadium developer to use $15 million in Federal Stimulus Bonds to finance their proposed stadium. The beneficiary of … Continue reading
The local expert on stadiums is McHenry’s Steve Stanek. He is a Research Fellow with the Heartland Institute. When I read in Kevin Craver’s article in the Northwest Herald that the McHenry County Board is thinking of awarding the largest … Continue reading
It was political pressure that led to the release of baseball promoter buddy Mark Houser’s feasibility report after months and months of secrecy…at the meeting where the board majority censured then-Board President Scott Summers and Donna Kurtz, no less. It … Continue reading
In honor of Mark Houser and Pete Heitman’s obtaining their McHenry County dream—zoning permission to build a minor league baseball stadium in McHenry County—I post this tee shirt found in Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport. In case you didn’t read the article … Continue reading
In honor of Mark Houser and Pete Heitman’s obtaining their McHenry County dream—zoning permission to build a minor league baseball stadium in McHenry County—I post this tee shirt found in Milwaukee’s Mitchell Airport. In case you didn’t read the article … Continue reading
With only councilman Richard Ahrens voting in opposition, the Woodstock City Council approved a special use permit for gravel mining across Route 14 from Centegra Hospital down to Lily Pond Road. A privately financed minor league baseball stadium promoted by … Continue reading
With only councilman Richard Ahrens voting in opposition, the Woodstock City Council approved a special use permit for gravel mining across Route 14 from Centegra Hospital down to Lily Pond Road. A privately financed minor league baseball stadium promoted by … Continue reading
It won’t be on watershed of Crystal Lake watershed at McHenry County College. But it will be just up the road across Route 12, north of Centegra’s Woodstock hospital. It will include a minor baseball stadium. But, it will not … Continue reading
It won’t be on watershed of Crystal Lake watershed at McHenry County College. But it will be just up the road across Route 12, north of Centegra’s Woodstock hospital. It will include a minor baseball stadium. But, it will not … Continue reading
You can’t tell me that the Northwest Herald’s Chris Kurg doesn’t have a sense of humor. In his Sunday column, he tells of an encounter with a bat. No. This isn’t a Dracula story. Nothing about Ivan, the Impaler. But, … Continue reading
You can’t tell me that the Northwest Herald’s Chris Kurg doesn’t have a sense of humor. In his Sunday column, he tells of an encounter with a bat. No. This isn’t a Dracula story. Nothing about Ivan, the Impaler. But, … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune ran an article on Thursday about Waukegan’s city council having “authorized staff to explore” a “proposal to build a minor-league baseball stadium downtown.” At first I thought it might be Libertyville’s Pete Heitman search east, as well … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune ran an article on Thursday about Waukegan’s city council having “authorized staff to explore” a “proposal to build a minor-league baseball stadium downtown.” At first I thought it might be Libertyville’s Pete Heitman search east, as well … Continue reading
Yesterday, I told you I would share the questions that Round Lake Mayor and Democratic Party state senate candidate Bill Gentes put forth while considering whether a minor league baseball stadium would be an asset for his town. Mark Houser … Continue reading