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Valparaiso Parks seeks partial rezone of Bonta Center property; park board accepted developer proposal

5942384 · October 7, 2025
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Valparaiso Parks asked Tuesday to rezone part of the Bonta Center property at 605 Beach Street from Public Space to Urban Residential to allow adaptive reuse of the historic building under a proposed purchase by Banta Building LLC.

Valparaiso Parks presented Tuesday to request rezoning of portions of the Bonta Center property at 605 Beach Street from Public Space to Urban Residential to enable adaptive reuse of the historic former school building.

Park leadership said they pursued an open RFP process and received one conforming proposal from Banta Building LLC (Matt and Wayne Welter). The parks board recommended the Welter proposal, which committed to several conditions the board required: the existing building not be demolished; the park retain ownership of the northern portion…

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