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Organizers propose youth baseball complex at Veterans Field; trustees and residents raise scheduling, insurance and access questions
Summary
Local organizers presented a proposal to install a fenced youth baseball field at Veterans Field (Betts Park), estimating roughly $50,000–$70,000 for fencing and about $60,000 to build the field; trustees and residents discussed scheduling, community access and insurance.
Organizers of a youth baseball program presented a plan on Feb. 12 to install a fenced ballfield and related amenities at Veterans Field (Betts Park) in the Village of Wappingers Falls and asked the board for support and guidance on permits, scheduling and funding.
Matt Santas, who said he started a youth program that expanded from one team to three, told trustees the organizers formed a nonprofit and plan to raise funds and apply for a New York State recreation grant. Santas provided trustees with literature and a fencing quote that he said ranged between $50,000 and $70,000; he later referenced a figure of about $60,000 as a baseline cost to prepare and build the playing surface (excluding in-kind labor his company might provide).
Santas said the field would be designed for…
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