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Parents, coaches press Parks board for more public access to city baseball fields
Summary
Volunteer coaches and parents told the Parks, Natural Resources and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board that organized leagues limit community access to Fayetteville fields and asked staff for clearer scheduling and more open play dates.
Volunteer coaches and parents told the Parks, Natural Resources and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board on April (date not specified) that they are having trouble finding public practice space for youth baseball teams and asked the city to increase and better publicize access outside organized league schedules.
Amanda Goodman, a volunteer coach, said her team’s players are Fayetteville residents but struggle to find practice space. “We cannot find a field to practice on. We’ve been run off fields. We’ve had the cops fall upon our children being on a Mount Kessler Field,” Goodman said.
The board heard that closure of some fields and heavy use by organized leagues…
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