Of course the government subsidy of a heritage park would be less. However, even $50,000 is too much, and it would likely be a great deal more. Let me rephrase: In the category of dumb ideas to waste taxpayer money, a heritage parks joins streetcars and subsidized sports facilities.

Hey, Team Dave, Want big jobs? Get a non-stop to NYC, DC, and ATL. The airline’s have baby jets with long range now. Should have been part of the no tax swindle you gave to an airline a few years ago.

It’s NOT in the same category in the following ways:
1) The County already owns the land underneath Les Bois Park. It’s just a question about what purpose that land should serve, and how the citizen taxpayers might benefit.
2) I’d think the startup cost would be FAR less expensive than either a major structure like a stadium, or a streetcar (projections around $100 million startup, and that’s probably low).
3) Maintenance/operation costs would likewise be “exponentially modest” compared with either stadium or streetcar. Or at least that would be my expectation, if I were asked to officially support it. Most of the ongoing expense could be passed on to the actual beneficiaries, rather than the taxpayers. (By contrast, a streetcar would probably be 90-100% taxpayer-supported, henceforth and forever.)