ABOUT US

For members of Diamond Heroes of Southeast Michigan, Inc., the road from concept to reality has been an almost three-year odyssey which began with introducing the concept, “Play Ball at the Mall,” during public meetings on redevelopment of Waterford Township’s Planned Destination Area.

Then known as Baseball Heroes of Oakland County, LP, the group began taking season-ticket deposits in 2007; raised more than $1 million to acquire the Midwest Sliders of the Frontier League; operated the ball club as a travel team for 2008 and on the campus of Eastern Michigan University this past season … all the while working thru a worsening economy in which access to the capital markets for construction financing had become problematic.

Currently, a registration statement for a $5 million Regulation ‘A’ public stock offering is under review by the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission and State of Michigan Examiner.  Recently, a couple of private placement opportunities have been presented to the group as possible options for alternative and/or supplemental financing.

Two individuals – long-time Waterford resident and Heroes Bar B Q & Brew Proprietor Tim Nick and New Jersey native and Clarkston resident Rob Hilliard – have spearheaded the push to bring to Waterford Township and Oakland County what  many suburban communities across the country have been enjoying for years … intimate and affordable community–oriented professional baseball.

Nick and Hilliard, who served as managing partner of a St. Louis Cardinals Minor League affiliate and developer of the 4,200-seat Skylands Park baseball stadium in Sussex County, NJ, are members of a seven-person Board of Directors which includes former Major League pitcher Tim Birtsas, owner of the Olde Mill Inn on Dixie Hwy. in Waterford; Steve Wylie, CFO of Troy-based Qualis Automotive; Carol Ann Arvan, who serves as business manager for FX Architecture, LLC of Royal Oak; Dr. Othman Kadry, a nationally renowned OBGYN at St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in Pontiac; and Grosse Pointe resident Peter Comstock Riley, executive producer of the award-winning (three Telly Awards and 11 Emmy Nominations) film  Stranded at The Corner:  The Battle to Save Historic Tiger Stadium.