LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Michael Webber on Tuesday highlighted investments supporting the 9th Senate District community of Utica, including $1.5 million to support improvements at Jimmy John’s Field, in the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget.
“Jimmy John’s Field is a community success story, transforming decades of blight into a source of pride and economic support for years and years to come,” said Webber, R-Rochester Hills. “Investments into these types of facilities are investments into the prosperity of local communities throughout our state. It is only fair to include Jimmy John’s Field considering similar investments in the home fields of the minor league Lansing Lugnuts and West Michigan Whitecaps were made in the previous budget.”
Built on a capped brownfield landfill site owned by Utica’s Downtown Development Authority that served as an unlicensed dump for household waste for 80 years, Jimmy John’s Field first opened in 2016 and serves as home for the four teams that play in the United Shore Professional Baseball League along with the Lawrence Technological University Blue Devils.
“Throughout the budget process, I was proud to work alongside local leaders in order to advocate on their behalf and help secure funding for important projects all across the 9th Senate District,” Webber said.
The state’s fiscal year 2025 budget, recently signed into law by the governor, also included $300,000 to support communication improvements for Utica fire and emergency medical services.
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