Competing Interests?

Eight years after planners first envisioned bringing permanent food service and public restrooms to the 195 District Park, a 3,500-square-foot pavilion opens this month – amid criticism from some surrounding restaurants that taxpayers are funding an operation that is competing with dozens of private businesses. Jim Hummel follows up on his investigation from 2022 and finds that the final price tag is significantly higher than originally estimated.

Read the report here.