A proposed deal to give Bellefontaine control of the former Ohio National Guard Armory has the potential to turn the under-used facility into an economic driver, city officials reported during today’s Bellefontaine City Council’s Rules Committee.
“There is interest in it right now,” Service-Safety Director James Holycross said.
“We showed it yesterday,” Mayor Ben Stahler added, “to a party that read about it in the (Bellefontaine Examiner) paper.”
“The armory,” Holycross said, “has unrealized potential to become a machine, an economic driver for our community.”
Committee Chairwoman Diane Hager asked for the meeting after an ordinance outlining the deal between the city and the Logan County Commissioners was introduced Sept. 12 without a 48-hour notification.
She is concerned about expenses, both for utilities and for renovating the structure.
“I don’t want it to become a money pit for the city taxpayers,” Hager said.
Read complete story in Wednesday’s Examiner.
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