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Former pro player pitches city-paid sports development post to drive tourism and economic activity
Summary
Jeremy Hazelbaker urged Gallatin to create a Director of Sports Development to recruit tournaments, maximize facility use and attract private investment; council asked staff to return with a formal proposal for a work session in late October.
Jeremy Hazelbaker, a former Major League Baseball player, asked the Gallatin Council Committee on Sept. 23 to create a Director of Sports Development to recruit regional and national tournaments, coordinate facilities and attract private investment in sports tourism.
Hazelbaker told the committee the position would recruit events, create partnerships with schools and clubs, and help secure funding and private operators for facilities. “The ask is for a position to be created. That position is gonna be for me to develop Gallatin as a sports destination,” Hazelbaker said. He highlighted examples of mid-sized cities whose sports complexes draw hundreds of thousands…
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