Valparaiso city officials faced a largely perturbed crowd Tuesday afternoon when they held an open house to unveil and receive feedback on two tentative plans for the 400-acre Eastside Campus, formerly planned for a sports complex.

The land east of Ind. 49 is south of Burlington Beach Road/County Road 500 N and north of Vale Park Road/County Road 400 N. The proposals include varying layouts of single and multi-family residential, light industrial, tech offices, retail, medical space, hospitality, and a restaurant, as well as a nature preserve and outdoor community space.

What started off with a presentation by Valparaiso Director of Development George Douglas explaining mock-ups for what would be a public/private endeavor and asking the standing-room-only audience to vote between two pla

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