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The Fort Wayne Redevelopment Commission on Thursday agreed to pay more than $1 million for less than 2 acres of land downtown, across Ewing Street from Parkview Field.
Greg Leatherman, the city's director of redevelopment, said there's no specific plan for development of the site, which lies at the southwest corner of Ewing and Jefferson Boulevard. But consolidating several individual lots into a single purchase allows the city to have it available for the right project downtown sometime. Leatherman said the purchase would help protect the “assets of the community” by eliminating some blighted dwellings
