Interesting doings across the river in Watertown according to WWNY, though their choice of illustrating the story with a photo of half a Bulgarian nuclear reactor from 1968 is some what curious:
The Town of Watertown's first two domes aren't even off the drawing board yet, and already there is talk of a third dome. At a town board meeting Monday night, town supervisor Joel Bartlett disclosed that a group of private investors are considering a $25 million theme park in the town. The theme park would have its own dome.Good - no plan that the contractors to be chosen will be Uzblkinovokinov + Concretovi...though a glowing green blob on the horizon would certainly make finding it on the drive over easy enough. We like going over - as is obvious - but in winter a shorter hop is better than always putting six or eight hours of driving into a weekend so the prospect of new things to do so close is pretty nice. The expansion of Fort Drum is obviously creating an economic boom over in Jefferson County as the main drag seems to have had a new mall area pop up over the last few months.News of the possible investment comes as Bartlett and other town officials consider whether the town should raise $10 milion to build two domes of its own. One dome would be the "event" dome, seating 6,000 people for sporting events, concerts and conventions. The other would be a smaller dome that would replace the town's west side fire station. The cost is pegged at no more than $10 million, with the money coming from grants and taxes other than property taxes.
"It's a big investment we're asking folks to consider, and we want to do our 'due diligence,'" Bartlett said. Town officials said a "board of managers" would ovedrsee the domes. The town board will get more details at its next meeting.
Have a look around yourself as the season opener for the Wizards is now officially a Gen X at 40 sanctioned event:
The Watertown Wizards open the 2007 New York Collegiate Baseball League season on Friday, June 8th, at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds, against the Glens Falls Golden Eagles. Game time is 7:00 PM.Glens Falls! Pttuie!!! At least we are not playing the Diamond Miners. More info on the Wizards here.
Comments
Gordo - April 24, 2007 9:51 am
Oh, there are so many comparisons that one could draw between this and our LVEC project, but I promised to behave myself. :-)
Alan - April 24, 2007 10:00 am
I think it is fair to compare the construction plans of the projects but you will take into account the fact that they seem to be proposing to build a waterslide set up for the same cost roughtly as the entire LVEC construction. Plus discourcse on the policy discussions would have to take into account the different rules for each municipal jurisdiction - and I know I am not able to do that. <p>In any event, having one of those set ups so close makes winter weekend get aways very attractive.
Gordo - April 24, 2007 11:20 am
Very true, Alan. I just sincerely hope that their deliberation process is more transparent and fair than ours was. Implementing preconceived notions under the guise of "public consultation" is frustrating to say the least.
Alan - April 24, 2007 11:38 am
Well, that is the general class of thing that is not of much interest to me as you can do that elsewhere and, frankly, it's a bit of a sidetrack to nowhere as, generally speaking, generally discussing how something is generally discussed, <i>meta</i>-discourse, is rarely satisfying as it floats somewhere distinct from reality if what what and what lives and only lives in the realm of prepared positions. Should-not-ism. I knew someone who was a "should not." It affected the way he did his laundry. I can't bear sharing that sadness again.
On the other hand, what the projects the post-meta-discourse actual final decisions have resulted in is, however, very interesting especially as there is a massive market overlap making this end of Lake Ontario a heck of a lot more interesting on both sides of the border than it was three years ago.
Gordo - April 24, 2007 12:37 pm
Very true, again. Encouraging news about LOP, as well.
Alan - April 24, 2007 12:51 pm
That is interesting and a gem of a park, though we are not there so often now that we are "of the township." The mix of facilities and resources in this area never ceases to amaze me, coming from the Maritimes where we were glad to have a broken stick to play with, even as adults.
Alan - April 24, 2007 1:15 pm
Hey - this appears to be an unhappy upstate bloggers point of view.
Alan - April 24, 2007 1:20 pm
News Flash: there appears to be two Watertowns side by side, a town and a City. I never knew. Here is an inordinately extended history of Watertown.