Mark Hajduk, co‑owner of Mother Bear's Pizza, told the Columbus city council in public comment that several small businesses at Nexus Park lack a voice on the MPCDC (the nonprofit development corporation that oversees the facility) and asked that tenants have a designated representative on the board.

"We don't think it's too much to ask to have a tenant representative on the MPCDC," Hajduk said, speaking for multiple Nexus Park tenants. He said the field house booking is sparse during nonpeak months (April through September), that promised foot traffic has not materialized, and that unoccupied retail spaces leave the retail concourse feeling “dismal and uninviting.”

Hajduk also raised parking concerns and repeated a figure he said was advertised for Nexus Park traffic: "40,000 walkers or visitors will be at Nexus Park or the Fieldhouse per month," which he said would translate to thousands of visitors per weekend and put strain on the site’s parking. He told council that his business and others had invested in the community and that they needed a clear process and an advocate within the MPCDC to resolve operational issues.

Council members and staff responded that the MPCDC is the body responsible for leasing and operations and that Veritas Realty serves as the MPCDC’s leasing agent. Council members said they could connect Hajduk with the MPCDC and noted the MPCDC’s composition: a six‑member board with three appointments from CRH and three from the city (the council’s appointee at the time being Frank Miller). Alex, the MPCDC attorney, also participates in related discussions, council members said.

Ending: Council members and staff offered to help connect the tenant group to MPCDC representatives and to Frank Miller, the city appointee, for follow‑up; no direct council action was taken at the meeting.