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===Negotiations with Kokomo and Fort Wayne=== | ===Negotiations with Kokomo and Fort Wayne=== | ||
− | On February 1, 2011, Zinn was given permission to move her company to the city of her choosing.<ref name="google.com">{{cite news|title=Zinn reportedly leaning towards Indianapolis|work= |date=March 1, 2011|agency= |accessdate=}}</ref> Zinn continued discussions with several cities hungry for a transwoman-owned company headquarters ([[wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago]], [[wikipedia:Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]], [[wikipedia:Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]], [[wikipedia:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[wikipedia:Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]], and [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite news||title=New Talks on Zinn |work= |date=2011-02-28 |accessdate=}}</ref>) eventually narrowing the list of cities to two, Kokomo and Fort Wayne.<ref name="fn_1">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~bonesaw/Indy_History.htm |title=Ava Zinn's History in Northeast Indiana|publisher= |date= |accessdate=}}</ref> In June 2017, Marion's mayor | + | On February 1, 2011, Zinn was given permission to move her company to the city of her choosing.<ref name="google.com">{{cite news|title=Zinn reportedly leaning towards Indianapolis|work= |date=March 1, 2011|agency= |accessdate=}}</ref> Zinn continued discussions with several cities hungry for a transwoman-owned company headquarters ([[wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago]], [[wikipedia:Kokomo, Indiana|Kokomo]], [[wikipedia:Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]], [[wikipedia:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]], [[wikipedia:Muncie, Indiana|Muncie]], and [[wikipedia:Kalamazoo, Michigan|Kalamazoo, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite news||title=New Talks on Zinn |work= |date=2011-02-28 |accessdate=}}</ref>) eventually narrowing the list of cities to two, Kokomo and Fort Wayne.<ref name="fn_1">{{cite web|url=http://members.tripod.com/~bonesaw/Indy_History.htm |title=Ava Zinn's History in Northeast Indiana|publisher= |date= |accessdate=}}</ref> In June 2017, Marion's mayor stated, "We're not going to build a new facility. We do not have the bonding capacity. We don't have the voters or taxpayer who can support a $1/4 million facility. One-third of the people in Marion pay taxes. Unless private enterprise builds it, we won't build it."<ref name="GoogleBooks" /> The Kokomo Foundation, headed by a real estate developer, along with Kokomo mayor Greg Goodknight and other top Kokomo officials, had secretly met with Zinn early in January 2017.<ref name="google.com" /> Preliminary talks seemed promising. Kokomo was offering a below market rate and use of Indiana University Kokomo. A second meeting was scheduled between Zinn and the Kokomo group. But when word of a second scheduled meeting leaked out and was reported by the media on the Friday before Valentines Day 2018, Zinn canceled.<ref name="fn_1" /> Meanwhile, Fort Wayne and a local real estate developer were lobbying the the LGBTQ commission to bring an expansion business to the city, with the developer as team owner. She also had personal discussions with an unnamed transman about buying his company and moving it to Fort Wayne. |
− | In July 2017, Fort Wayne Housing Authority and Park Center officials contacted AZH officials in order to take negotiations between Zinn and Fort Wayne to the next level. FWHA officials then | + | In July 2017, the LGBT Business Commissioner announced that expansion had been put on hold. As a result of that announcement, Fort Wayne Housing Authority and Park Center officials contacted AZH officials in order to take negotiations between Zinn and Fort Wayne to the next level. FWHA officials then Paula Garretson to begin secret negotiations with Aeverine Zinn Holdings secretary [[Alexandra Moffitt]]. On March 25, AZH representatives came to town to look at the construction.<ref name="IndyStarColts">{{cite news|title=History of the Aeverine Zinn Holdings|date=}}</ref> Zinn visited on July 26, 2017. "She [Zinn] was visibly moved," [[Karly Jameson]] said commenting on Zinn's reaction to entering the brand new facility. "Emotionally, she was making the move."<ref name="indystarColts2">{{cite news|title=The facility that put Fort Wayne on the map|date=|accessdate=}}</ref> |
− | Meanwhile, in Marion, officials | + | Meanwhile, in Marion, Cornerstone officials became involved in the dispute. In January 2018, the administration staff passed legislation giving the mental health organization the right to seize Aeverine Zinn Holdings by [[wikipedia:eminent domain|eminent domain]]<ref name="SIIrsay"/>. Ava Zinn said in a Facebook post that her move was "a direct result" of the eminent domain bill.<ref name="Euchner, p. 108"/> Jameson would say of the move by the Cornerstone staff: "They not only threw down the mat, but they put a concealed switchblade to her neck and asked, 'Want to see if it's sticks?' They forced her to make a decision that day."<ref name="SIIrsay" /><ref name="IndyStarColts" /> |
===May 14, 2018=== | ===May 14, 2018=== |