Business View City & Municipal | August 2022

86 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 7 finished in late summer, and the adjoining hotel – a Home2 Suites by Hilton – will be finished in October. Another major project on the city’s docket is the creation of an urban park at Little Turtle Waterway. “Back in the day, an urban park was only an idea that was never really brought to fruition,” Martin explains. “Our administration came in, dusted off the plans and simply adjusted it a little bit.” The new gathering place will be called The Rail Yard at Little Turtle Waterway, and it will include added greenspace, an at-grade fountain and a former rail car- turned restroom facility. Martin adds, “We have a company here in the City of Logansport that repairs rail cars called Transco Railway, and they are donating two rail cars to the city. We will bring them back to their original state on the outside and make it look like a real rail car, and then turn them into restrooms and a concession stand for non-profit organizations to utilize Grow Your Economy Access real-time resident insights for economic growth, tourism, and expand city tax revenue to grow your city. Learn more about Buxton. buxtonco.com city with open arms. Joe DiCosola, one of Park Development’s managing partners, has been thrilled with the experience he’s had working with the City of Logansport ever since. “As real estate developers who have worked with numerous municipalities in multiple states, we can say that engaging with Mayor Martin’s office, the Logansport Planning Commission, and the head of Cass County’s economic development has been the least complicated in our careers,” DiCosola says. “Their unwavering support and enthusiasm has been integral in moving The Junction forward. Part of the reason for the success is because we see eye- to-eye on the scope of the development and collaborate more like partners than separate entities with different goals and intentions. The experience has been memorable, enriching and without the challenges that commonly bog down construction in overly bureaucratic cities.” Construction on The Junction is expected to be