Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Nebraska, U.S. Officials Will Get Say On Trade Of Ballparks For Windbreak Property
Here's the deal: The Park and Rec executive board is looking at trading 44 acres that includes the community ballfields, above, for 4.5 acres that include the Windbreak Restaurant, below. If it goes through, residences would be built on the ballfields and the city would build new ballfields elsewhere.
The "land swap" at the Rec Area should be a topic of interest to taxpayers, baseball/softball players and golfers.
It is not actually called a land swap by the Nebraska Game and Parks, but it is called a conversion – outdoor recreation land is being converted to other outdoor recreation land.
Hannah Jones from Nebraska Game and Parks said that the Kimball Rec Area conversion is in the "early stages" and "it is not a short process." The lengthy process is meant to safeguard outdoor recreation land funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
After an evening meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 27, of t...