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Vision - To create two indoor spaces totaling 12,000 square feet with new lighting, office space, a training room, a new heating system and new bathrooms for training, leagues, games and rentals for soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, field hockey and many more sports and activities.
Goal - With the help of volunteers, contractors and local businesses, complete project by December 31st.
Once complete the project will look similar to these photos (click to view larger image):
November 10th
November 25th
December 4th
December 16th - Field Turf Installation
December 22nd
December 29-31st - Wall Padding Installation
The original warehouse with lots of work to be done. View the list of work to be completed by visiting Fields4Kids
The Vision - Before Any Work Began
After hundreds of volunteer hours, demolition, tearing up the asphalt floor (thank you Hughes Brothers), cleaning the walls, the floors, the beams and more cleaning, cleaning, cleaning and temporarily heating the warehouse (thank you RH Foster) - we installed the lights (thank you Horizon Solutions and EL Tech Electric). A special thank you to Joe Kacer from Commercial Divers Inc. and Sunny Day Builders who donated countless hours to make this project happen.
An Update on our Progress
Facility has been lighted, cleaned, old electrical system upgraded, cleaned, concrete floor washed, washed and then leveled, cleaned, office pre-work has begun (thank you Dennis Whitcomb of Equity Builders and Rhoades Builders), Electrical room created, bathrooms in progress and heating system and plumbing work continues (thank you ABM Mechanical and Twin City Metal). Painting takes three days to complete - thank you Rick Jones Custom Painting and JB Paint.
December 16th - Field Turf Installation (we've been waiting a long time for this -- YEAH!!!)
A special thank you to the US Soccer Foundation, Northeast Turf, Hue Inc., and Field Turf Tarkett. After filling and sealing all the cracks, holes and leveling the post areas, the floor was prepped with an anti-skid spray before the first roll of turf was installed. Northeast Turf, Hue Inc. layed each section one by one, sewed the turf before gluing.
Day 1
A few hours later.....
Day 2
Sewing and Sewing and more sewing, then line work begins
Day 3
While work continues on the turf installation, ABM Mechanical and JM Brown are hard at work in the bathrooms....
Rubber Infill and sand combination spread throughout facility. By the end of the evening - both fields are installed - amazing!!!
December 29-31st - Wall Padding Installation
Over the holiday break, we will need help building the office and training room, hanging net and wall padding and general painting. If you are available and can volunteer some time and energy, please contact the person below. Please come by and visit the site. We will be closed on Christmas Day, but workers arrive at 8am and finish by 10pm on all other days.
Available between December 24 - 26th: call Joe Kacer at 478-9675
Available between December 27-29th: call Cheryl at 249-9933
Available between Dec. 29th - January 4th - contact MJ Ball at 991-8940 or Cheryl at 249-9933
Happy Holidays!!
