The CdA Press editorial this weekend embraced the changes already taking place with the McEuen improvement project.  "The whole idea behind removing the tennis courts and now, the baseball fences from McEuen was to open the park to greater usage. The skeptics will say it was used enough; the cynics will say the changes bear the fingerprints of locals who have sold out to big business and more tourists at the expense of local taxpayers and park patrons."  

The editorial opines further, "But ask those who live or work next to McEuen how much the park has been used this summer, and you'll consistently hear that even on gorgeous summer afternoons, patronage was paltry. Many of us are confident that the changes coming to McEuen will dramatically increase the park's popularity with locals, but the truth is, it would be difficult not to improve on its poor current usage. In our view, the sky's the limit with McEuen. Now perhaps it will become a field of dreams for many more North Idahoans."  More here. 

McEuen seemed to be the park for locals who wanted to avoid City Park filled with all the tourists.  Sometimes I think that's what the fight was over -- avoiding tourists and newly re-located residents.  

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