Friend of Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy and noted photographer Dave Krieger has great shots of Tiger Stadium taken in the last year available through the end of the year at Biddle Gallery in Wyandotte. $5 from the sale of each print goes to OTSC. A great holiday gift!
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Friday night’s event at Baile Corcaigh was wondeful! We raised approximately $1,000 from about 50 supporters, many of whom were Corktown residents. One highlight was a Lego replica of Navin Field that David Korman graciously displayed.
Thanks to Baile Corcaigh, Jessica Pfieffer and Ben Hassenger as well as all of our supporters that turned out!
In other, less fun, news, the Conservancy board held an all-day strategic planning session yesterday at the Detroit Yacht Club along with several of our consultants and key allies. It was a productive meeting, covering fundraising, site plan, programming and political and media strategies.
We have a lot to do before our next deadline of December 1 in those arenas and yesterday will help get us there.
We also held an election of officers and are pleased to announce that Thom Linn, chairman emeritus of Miller Canfield, was elected president and Mike Kirk, an architect with Newmann Smith, was elected vice president. We also welcomed a new board member to his first board meeting: Rick Ruffner, president of Avanti Press.
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Rather than wallow in this season’s patheticity (if that’s not a word, it is now), let’s think back to earlier days of Lion’s woe — when they played at Tiger Stadium. This photo shows the configuration of how football was set up at the ballpark.
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: Baile Corcaigh – An Irish Restaurant and Pub
Street: 1426 Bagley – (Trumbull, one block south of Michigan)
City: Detroit, MI
SUGGESTED DONATION: $15/ea or $25/couple
FOOD: Light snacks provided
BEVERAGES: Available from the bar
ENTERTAINMENT: Ben Hassenger, aka The Baseball Baladeer will perform “The Corner”, “The Voice of Summer”, and other baseball tunes. Performing 7:00pm to 7:45pm http://tinyurl.com/thecornervideo http://www.myspace.com/bquietmusic
Contact: Rod Nelson
Phone: 313-285-9922
Email: oldtigerstadium@gmail.com
If you’d like to make a night of it, please call ahead for dinner reservations as the dining room fills rapidly. (313-963-4546)
The entertainment upstairs begins at 8:00pm. Blackthorn is an extremely popular and talented Irish group that never fails to provide an enjoyable evening of song and story. Their easy banter and fine music keep their faithful returning.
If you’re unable to attend, but wish to take this opportunity to support the ongoing cause, please visit the website and make an online contribution. Any gift, large or small is greatly appreciated. http://www.SaveTigerStadium.org
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OTSC’s updated plan PDF is up on our website. You can download it at SaveTigerStadium.org/the_plan.
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Some great footage from the Stadium is featured in Ben Hassenger’s video for “The Corner.” Check it out!
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Due to some last-minute heroic donors, it actually looks like we’ve pulled off raising $219,000 to meet our first fiscal obligation to the city. More details to come, but for now, many thanks to our supporters through this long and arduous road to saving an important part of baseball and Detroit history.
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The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation have reached agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding that will ultimately transfer title to the stadium to the Conservancy and grant a long-term lease of the playing field. We want our supporters to know that we are encouraged by this development and are continuing to pursue our goals of preserving and redeveloping the historic Navin Field grandstand and upper deck, restoring the playing grounds as a first-class youth baseball facility and revitalizing Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.
The Detroit City Council voted Tuesday to reject the DEGC’s recommendation for complete demolition, allowing our group a brief extension Through the generosity of hundreds of Tiger Stadium supporters, we have raised approximately $170,000 to date. However, we still need to raise another $50,000 to provide for six months of onsite security while we put our long-term financing in place. Our $15M project plan expects to receive $4 million via a federal earmark and more than $6 million in historic preservation and economic stimulus tax credits.
The Conservancy is fighting hard to save historic Tiger Stadium, but we need your help. We’re asking supporters to visit our Web site at www.savetigerstadium.org and donate whatever they can afford this week.
Note that, as stated on our Web site, donations will not be refunded in the event that the Conservancy’s plan does not receive approval by the City of Detroit. The Conservancy expects to utilize all donations in the fight to save Tiger Stadium, and any unspent donations will be directed to a non-profit organization that is harmonious with the OTSC’s mission.
The Conservancy is a registered Michigan non-profit corporation and has been accorded 501(c)3 status by the Internal Revenue Service. Therefore, all donations made to the OTSC, including those made earlier in 2008, are eligible to be deducted as a charitable contribution on your 2008 tax returns.
Thank you in advance for your generous donation in support of Tiger Stadium.
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