It sure is nice to read about what seems to be progress on the project to replace The Diamond. Slow progress is better than none.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s “Parker Field complex key to new baseball stadium plans”:

Richmond is preparing to outsource maintenance of the city’s vehicle fleet, a move expected to both save millions of dollars and set the stage for construction of a new baseball stadium next to The Diamond.

Outsourcing those services to a private contractor, first proposed by City Auditor Umesh Dalal in a scathing audit of the city fleet maintenance operation four years ago, would help clear the way for a stadium to be built at the 30-acre Parker Field Maintenance Facility property on North Boulevard.

Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, who has endorsed the Boulevard site for a new stadium, issued a request for information in October on outsourcing fleet maintenance and conducted environmental tests on the entire Parker Field site this year.

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