right businesses into our community,” Mayor Willis asserts. “Not everybody’s going to get one. It has to align with our values.” CENTRAL INDIANA’S SPORTS DESTINATION Grand Park Sports Campus dominates any discussion about Westfield’s economic trajectory. The 400acre facility attracts thousands of visitors Thursday through Sunday on most weekends, creating both opportunity and complexity for city planning. “Grand Park is definitely the elephant in any room in Westfield,” Mayor Willis acknowledges.“You can’t really talk about Westfield without factoring in Grand Park. The amount of tourism that it brings into our community annually is quite large.” The east half hosts baseball tournaments every weekend throughout summer, accommodating youth leagues through college-level competition.The west side features multi-purpose fields where virtually any field sport finds a home.“The director of the park likes to say that any sport that can be played on a field has been played there,” Fairman notes. During late summer, the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts Training Camp transforms portions of the campus into a family-oriented experience with football activities, 209 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 11 WESTFIELD, IN VOLUME 4, ISSUE 01
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