The Newton City Council has scheduled a hearing on December 21st to give the public a chance to comment on changes in the city’s agreement with “Project FastPitch” developers. The 32-million dollar softball complex is planned for land just north of the Iowa Speedway.

Troy Strawhecker of Premiere Development in Urbandale, which owns the land and is developing the project. He says the complex will host over 30 softball tournaments per year.

Newton’s City Administrator says developers have finalized their financing and have agreed to a 25-million dollar assessment beginning in January of 2022.