Possible Shopping Mall Synergistic with Milwaukie Stadium

Developer Fred Bruning is eyeing Milwaukie's north industrial area as a possible site for a shopping mall that could include outfitter Cabela's as an anchor store.  The developer likes the area and the synergy that light rail and a possible new baseball park could provide.  Read the story in the Clackamas Review.

Bring it Back

The City of Milwaukie's web page has a link to the latest information about their effort to bring minor league baseball to that city. Here it is.

The city has also produced a nice brochure describing the proposal and why it might be a great idea.  It includes a much better map of where the proposed ballpark would be in relation to roads and MAX lines.  You can download the brochure.

If you'd like to be on the mailing list to receive updates on the Milwaukie project, send an email to Kenny Asher, Milwaukie's Director of Community Development and Public works.  You can reach him at:  asherk@ci.milwaukie.or.us.

Sam Agrees to Help? What Gives?

Mayor Sam Adams agreed to lend Portland experts in facility management to the City of Milwaukie in their quest to build a baseball stadium and lure a Single-A team.

Read about it here.

Although I'm glad about this, I've got to ask, Portland has experts in facility management????  Where were they when we were trying to get a stadium built in Portland?  Where were they when we needed to rip down the eyesore that is Memorial Coliseum and build a gem of a new ballpark?  How are they doing on the Coliseum plan now?

Baseball in Milwaukie?

Yesterday's Oregonian had an article about the City of Milwaukie's interest in building a baseball park and convincing a Northwest League short-season Single-A team to relocate.  Here's the story.

I find readers comments in these types of stories very interesting.  In this story, there seemed to be several "history-revisionists" at work.  Or maybe I should call them people living in their own version of reality.  I'm referring to the ones who claim people in Portland don't like baseball, or who won't attend a baseball game.  Perhaps those people should be reminded of the very last Portland Beavers baseball game on September 6, 2010.  In a lot of cities, when it's known that a team is leaving town, fans lose interest or get disgusted and stop going to games.  But the last Beavers game was a sellout.  During the last out, people got to their feet and roared for a victory, so much so that the batter stepped out, dumbfounded by such enthusiasm over a meaningless game on the last day of the season.