Post by Logan on Feb 12, 2016 5:31:02 GMT -6
Columbus Group removing request for $5 million in state funding to help move Browns training camp
Columbus Partnership President and CEO Alex Fischer said his group will remove a request for $5 million in state funding to help build a facility the Browns would use upon moving training camp from Berea to Columbus.
The Browns will hold training camp at their headquarters in Berea this year but remain in negotiations to move the summertime camp to Columbus in the future. The team has held training camp in Berea since 1992.
Fischer made it known the request for $5 million would be pulled in an opinion piece he wrote for the Columbus Dispatch. It was published in Thursday’s newspaper.
“Despite open communication among Columbus, the Browns and many Cleveland leaders who support these plans, this request has surprisingly raised the ire of several Northeast Ohio politicians in a manner that mischaracterizes our collaborative nature,” Fischer wrote. “We would never advance state funding that is perceived as pitting Columbus against another Ohio community. As such, we will remove this request from the priority list we give to legislative leaders next week.”
Read more: www.ohio.com/sports/browns/columbus-group-removing-request-for-5-million-in-state-funding-to-help-move-browns-training-camp-1.661424
Columbus Partnership President and CEO Alex Fischer said his group will remove a request for $5 million in state funding to help build a facility the Browns would use upon moving training camp from Berea to Columbus.
The Browns will hold training camp at their headquarters in Berea this year but remain in negotiations to move the summertime camp to Columbus in the future. The team has held training camp in Berea since 1992.
Fischer made it known the request for $5 million would be pulled in an opinion piece he wrote for the Columbus Dispatch. It was published in Thursday’s newspaper.
“Despite open communication among Columbus, the Browns and many Cleveland leaders who support these plans, this request has surprisingly raised the ire of several Northeast Ohio politicians in a manner that mischaracterizes our collaborative nature,” Fischer wrote. “We would never advance state funding that is perceived as pitting Columbus against another Ohio community. As such, we will remove this request from the priority list we give to legislative leaders next week.”
Read more: www.ohio.com/sports/browns/columbus-group-removing-request-for-5-million-in-state-funding-to-help-move-browns-training-camp-1.661424