Michael Maroney of the Omaha Economic Development Corp. speaks to community members about one of three sites the OEDC-led private development team is seeking to buy for a business park project funded in part by a $90 million state grant. The developer, working with the Omaha Inland Port Authority on the initiative, hosted a community meeting Wednesday night to seek input on the sites and potential uses. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)
OMAHA — A youth sports facility has come up as another potential use as part of a North Omaha business park site to be developed with help from a $90 million state grant.
Described as an indoor-outdoor multipurpose complex for “soft turf” sports — such as football, soccer, softball and baseball — the possible project would rise at the Enterprise Park near 16th and Locust Streets, a tract that had previously been downplayed because of environmental cleanup costs.
That area, which contains about 41 developable acres, is one of three sites that a development team working with the Omaha Inland Port Authority is seeking to acquire for use as business parks. A community meeting was held Wednesday night to discuss the locations and to get input on what uses the community prefers at each…