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Baseball association asks council for bigger, multi-year park budget as registrations rise
Summary
New Carlisle Baseball/Softball Association asked council for increased recurring funding and help on infrastructure after describing volunteer maintenance, growing registration (368–550 players), recent $10,500 corporate donation and major capital needs including fences and building repairs.
Dan Rodewald, representing the New Carlisle Baseball/Softball Association, asked City Council to increase the program’s annual allotment to help maintain and upgrade the town’s most‑used park and its five baseball fields.
Rodewald said the association — a nonprofit that leases and maintains the 7‑acre park — provided $12,000 in field maintenance this year, bought 70 tons of field topper, purchased a $7,000 tractor and recently acquired a new utility vehicle (gator). The group paid for dugouts this year (about $4,000 apiece) and is seeking funds to finish four remaining dugouts and repair a deteriorating equipment…
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