Commentary by Mayor Andy Cook
It’s finally here.
After years in the making, we are officially opening Grand Park this month. It’s been a long road, but we did it.
We’ve already had games at Grand Park, including youth tournaments, college games with Notre Dame and Butler and almost 200,000 visits since play began in March. It has been phenomenal to see the amount of people who visit the park and our city every week.
Nothing that we accomplish in life is ever done alone. Grand Park is the result of years of hard work by too many people to list by name. Because of their hard work, our community is becoming a destination for the youth sports industry nationwide. But the grand opening that will occur next week is not just for athletes.
Our grand opening is going to be a fun event designed for the entire Westfield community. The weekend of June 20 through 22 will feature food, games, live music, a 5K run/walk, a Ferris wheel and a grand fireworks display. We’ll even have one of the largest ribbon-cuttings in Indiana on June 21 at 2 p.m. You will not want to miss out.
I hope you can make it to our celebration. I also hope the experience doesn’t end there – be sure to visit the park often to enjoy the largest, and the best, youth sports campus in the country, right here in the best city in Indiana.
Thank you to everyone who made Grand Park a reality.
Andy Cook is in his second term as mayor of Westfield. He may be contacted at 804-3001.
