DALTON —
That’s going to change soon, however.
Mayor David Pennington said the city’s main soccer fields are “down to sand” and need to be replaced, so city officials are going to resurface those fields as well as build two new dual purpose football-soccer fields at James Brown Park.
“We have a shortage of soccer fields. You’ll see kids out playing on baseball fields and other places, but we need football fields, too, and this is the way to go,” Pennington said.
That project is scheduled to go out for bids today, and the bidding process will be open until June 24, according to recreation department director Ronnie Nix.
Nix said the estimated cost of the project is about $1.5 million.
“That’s not just the field,” he said. “That includes concessions, rest rooms, fencing and lighting (at the new fields). The whole thing.”
Nix said he expects the work on those fields to start some time in July and be finished by this fall.
The project will be paid for from the $5.6 million bond issue the Dalton City Council approved in April.
In addition to those fields, a fifth soccer field will be built as part of the rebuilding of the Dalton Community Center on Fredrick Street. The council approved a $4.383 million bid from Headley construction of Newnan in April for that project. Nix said the site preparation for that project is almost complete and construction could begin as early as the middle of June.
The community center project will be funded from a number of sources including the bond and federal community development block grant money.
Local News
Related Photos
-
Matt Hamilton/The Daily Citizen Brasil’s Adriana Barragan defends against Manchester player Gema Lugo Saturday during a Liga San Jose soccer match at Broaddus/Durkan Soccer Complex. The Dalton recreation department is planning on resurfacing the fields off Cleveland Highway and the North Bypass.
Discussion
Welcome to our online comments feature. To join the discussion, you must first register with Disqus and verify your email address. Once you do, your comments will post automatically. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including unpopular ones. We ask only that you keep the conversation civil and clean. We reserve the right to remove comments that are obscene, racist or abusive and statements that are false or unverifiable. Repeat offenders will be blocked. You may flag objectionable comments for review by a moderator.
May 27, 2010
Bidding to start on new and improved Dalton soccer fields
- Local News
-
-
Kiwanis Club to try new fundraiser
The Kiwanis Club of Dalton has started a new fundraiser club members hope will supplement income for the group’s annual “Pancake Day” breakfast at Dalton Green.
Continued ... - Crown Gardens to raise money using Pampered Chef
- Update: No sign of alleged double murderer
- Teacher of the year sings through the day
- 911 call — ‘Somebody had killed him’
- Olympic hopeful’s horses killed in wreck
- ‘We are D’ sign mystery solved
- Investigation clears Dalton Middle erasures questions
- Chambliss, Graves say Congress must act to avoid big tax increase
- May 29, 2012
- Remembering once a year not enough
- Couple looks to raspberries to salvage season
- Camp AIM to hold 20th reunion
- May 28, 2012
- Stem cell treatment regrows Whitfield man’s foot
- Authorities continue to search for Neal
- MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE: Death at sea
-
Kiwanis Club to try new fundraiser
Police: Seattle Cafe Gunman May Have Shot Self
No Limits for Disabled Hunters at Mich. Base
Victim Identified in Fla. Face-chewing Attack
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Crossed the Pacific
90 Guns Seized, Dozens Arrested in Oakland
Raw Video: Hail Storm Batters Oklahoma City
6-Year-Old Going to National Spelling Bee
California's Foie Gras Ban About to Begin
Video Essay: Funky Winkerbean Comic Turns 40
Hurricane Andrew Remembered, 20 Years Later
Judge's Ruling Halts Tenn. Mosque Construction
Romney in Las Vegas on Texas Primary Day
Sister Says She Reported Brother in Patz Killing
Even Fla. Police Shocked by Face-Mauling Attack
Angry Birds Spreading Their Wings
