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Article: Alley Cats owner mends fences: ; Dickson commits $80,000 to Watt Powell work
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- November 27, 2001
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
The relationship between some city officials and new Alley Cats
owner Tom Dickson seem to be improving after Dickson said he will
invest $80,000 in Watt Powell Park.
Dickson made the commitment Monday even though the Alley Cats
will be leaving the facility after two years.
Appearing before City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee,
Dickson again said he is optimistic about keeping the team in
Charleston and getting a new stadium for minor league baseball in
the area by 2003.
He also asked City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee to
approve indirectly city-funded repairs to the old stadium.
Committee members had previously rejected those repairs, in part
because ...