http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2009/06/29/square-hotel-breaks-ground/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:39:49 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2009/06/29/square-hotel-breaks-ground/comment-page-1/#comment-8997 john b. kalb Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:11:54 +0000 http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/?p=3192#comment-8997 Can anyone come up with the list of contractors, what part of project they were awarded, the percentage of total project cost they are performing, plus how many "local" (Allen County) workers will be involved? I have heard that, in addition to the General Contractor from Indianapolis, the Electrical is going to South Bend, the Concrete work to a Michigan organization, and the Roofing to a Muncie firm. Based on the dollars, that sure sounds like over half of it going outside Allen County. So how can Leatherman and Richard state that this is so good for our local workmen? And am I the only one to have a reason to mistrust statements by Greg Leatherman? So the money for this unneeded new downtown hotel is coming from the 60 % tax- revenue-supported Grand Wayne Center budget, a $6 million dollar Indiana State Tax Credit, plus $1 million in Infrastructure construction, yet the locals who are paying for this with a $250,000 per year profit guaranty to White get a pitance of the construction jobs to build it. Way to go, again, City of Fort Wayne! Can anyone come up with the list of contractors, what part of project they were awarded, the percentage of total project cost they are performing, plus how many “local” (Allen County) workers will be involved? I have heard that, in addition to the General Contractor from Indianapolis, the Electrical is going to South Bend, the Concrete work to a Michigan organization, and the Roofing to a Muncie firm. Based on the dollars, that sure sounds like over half of it going outside Allen County.
So how can Leatherman and Richard state that this is so good for our local workmen? And am I the only one to have a reason to mistrust statements by Greg Leatherman?
So the money for this unneeded new downtown hotel is coming from the 60 % tax- revenue-supported Grand Wayne Center budget, a $6 million dollar Indiana State Tax Credit, plus $1 million in Infrastructure construction, yet the locals who are paying for this with a $250,000 per year profit guaranty to White get a pitance of the construction jobs to build it. Way to go, again, City of Fort Wayne!

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