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Mayor recalls Stewart Sports Complex debate and Fox Valley Park District expansion
Summary
The mayor recalled a decade-old Fox Valley Park District petition to expand Stewart Sports Complex and said early skepticism gave way to success—the police chief had called it a future "crown jewel," and the speaker said that characterization was realized.
The mayor recalled that while serving on the plan commission, the Fox Valley Park District petitioned for a large expansion of the Stewart Sports Complex on the West Side. The speaker said the police chief at the time called the project "the new crown jewel in Montgomery," and the mayor said that prediction has come true.
The anecdote was used to illustrate successful past investments and to frame current projects—such as redevelopment and water planning—as similarly consequential. The transcript does not include current project financing or new park proposals tied to that memory.
