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6 thoughts on “Westfield starts designing long-awaited downtown

  1. I escaped SimCity merely to be back in SimCity. “We must develop a commercial tax base to be able to pay for the schools.” Also, we must use TIF and tax abatements that last 10-25 years to develop that commercial tax base to then pay for schools that will be emptying out over the next 10-25 years because of demographic change. This time, it will be different than Indy with its sports strategy, Carmel (still a nice and successful place, despite all the work of Brainard/Mestesky to play computer games with real money) and its arts/music, Fishers with whatever the fake Republican Fadness is doing …

    If the past four years were so horrible and people were so opposed to relatively high taxes, then why was it the fastest-growing city in the state during that horrible reign of the previous council? Why did we and so many others move here during that time period?

    1. Cheap available land brought every price point of home with available utilities. Thats why it grew that fast.

  2. As a resident of Westfield, having moved here 4 years ago from Cincinnati, I really like what is happening in our city. The new Mayor and City Council are “forward thinking”, as opposed what seemed to be never-ending infighting from the previous administration.

    Personally, I am probably more excited about the concept of “dual” developments with downtown and Grand Park. Now if we could just improve some of the major roads in town to prep for all of the growing vehicle volume.

  3. The absurd sprawl and “growth” isn’t going to be matched with a tax base to support it. If Westfield can’t wrangle its massive expansion problem, it’s going to drown in debt as its utilities and roads age.

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