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Triple Play
Sports Fields, Editor's Pick Casey Wooddell Sports Fields, Editor's Pick Casey Wooddell

Triple Play

In Oxford, Ohio, this quote fits well for a field-renovation project that’s been ongoing for nearly half a decade and has finally wrapped up. Divvying up one adult softball field into three youth baseball and softball diamonds is almost as exciting as a triple play in youth baseball.

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A Legacy Reborn
Sports Fields, Most Popular Liz Morrell and W. Lee Jones Sports Fields, Most Popular Liz Morrell and W. Lee Jones

A Legacy Reborn

Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation reopened the iconic American Legion Memorial Stadium (ALMS) with a small ceremony on July 7, 2021. The $40.5-million stadium—located in Charlotte, North Carolina’s center city, on a 9.80-acre site adjacent to the main campus of Central Piedmont Community College—was built during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program of the New Deal.

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Draw A Crowd
Rec Facilities, Most Popular Larry Zehnder Rec Facilities, Most Popular Larry Zehnder

Draw A Crowd

Parks and recreation projects add value to a community’s quality of life and make the area more attractive to new business and industry. Constructing top-notch, multi-purpose athletic facilities that can attract large tournaments also puts dollars back into the community in the form of full hotel rooms and restaurant seats.

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The Beginning Of The Road
Columns Bryan Buchko Columns Bryan Buchko

The Beginning Of The Road

Mandan Park District’s goal in Mandan, N.D., is to increase the quality of life by creating a sports complex for the community through an increase of ¾ of a cent in the city’s sales tax.

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Columns Bryan Buchko Columns Bryan Buchko

Toro Teams Up With Twins

Employees of Bloomington, Minn.-based Toro and the Minnesota Twins joined forces Aug. 12 to renovate three multipurpose sports fields at North Commons Park in Minneapolis.They reset bases, repaired

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Bryan Buchko Bryan Buchko

Baseball Field Makeover

Keeping your park's baseball fields in tip-top shape is a lot of work -- and it can be expensive.Wouldn't it be great to get a little help? One Kentucky park district got just that when it won the

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