Baseball diamond should remain at Bill Wigle Park

After reading the May 14 RTT, I would like to comment on the parks master plan.

Having lived on North St. for 73 years, I would like to comment on the Bill Wigle Park. 

At the meeting over Wigle Park, I was told not many people use the ball diamond. Kids play games, girls ball uses it, and it’s the only diamond left in old Amherstburg.

My response to it’s not used much was I drove to a park in Crown Ridge three times and there was nobody using it. 

In last week’s RTT, it states it could become a civic plaza. Wouldn’t that be nice for the nine and 11-storey people to look at than a ball diamond. 

At the meeting, I was told how nice it would be to walk around the civic plaza. My response to that was if you want to walk, one block from there is the 1,100-foot-long Navy Yard Park. 

In closing, I would advise the ball teams and people who use the diamond to contact their councillors and voice their concerns.

Baseball diamond should remain at Bill Wigle Park

—Kent Wigle

Amherstburg