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Article: Watt Powell feasible for new park, study says: Kanawha City may be alternative to East End
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- June 3, 2002
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DAILY MAIL STAFF
Watt Powell Park is a feasible site for a new Alley Cats stadium,
a new study states.
When the city applies for about $10 million in state economic
grant money July 1, it will now mention both the Watt Powell site and
the preferred East End site in plans.
Mayor Jay Goldman has been talking with landowners on the East End
to negotiate a buying price, but has not been able to reach an
agreement.
"We have property owners that don't want to deal in our price
range," Goldman said, referring to Plaza East owner Dick Salamie. "I
think he's willing to work with us, but I don't know that we can work
it out at his numbers."
City officials were originally hoping to buy the entire ...