Jim Garrett: Balmoral Park purchase good news for Southland

Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau President Jim Garrett’s letter to the editor at the Tribune/Daily Southtown:

It was a sad moment in time watching the final harness race at Balmoral Park on that cold and weary December night. The looks on the faces in the crowd told the story — a cherished, historical mainstay in the Chicago Southland would soon be gone, and a void would be all that is left … but not for long.

There’s an old saying, “When one door closes, another door opens.” That door opened last month when HITS, Inc., headquartered in Saugerties, N.Y., announced the purchase of Balmoral Park to make horses the center stage of their plan…Read more here.