Locals pitch baseball complex for downtown West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH — Bruce Lewis says he’s not trying to create “a turf war” between Palm Beach Gardens and West Palm Beach.
But knowing that neighborhoods in Palm Beach Gardens were pushing back at a plan to build a two-team baseball complex there, Lewis decided to pay a visit Wednesday to the mayor of West Palm Beach.
Lewis, a West Palm Beach business consultant, offered up an idea: bring a big-league diamond back to the city.
Intriguing, Lewis says Mayor Jeri Muoio told him. West Palm Beach spokesman Elliot Cohen confirmed Lewis’ meeting with Muoio but said Friday it hasn’t go beyond the “sure, good idea,” stage.
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