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Youth baseball group asks Brentwood to consider 99‑year lease to qualify for Cal Ripken lighting grant
Summary
Representatives of EJBSL asked the Brentwood Recreation Commission to consider a long‑term commitment or to explore membership in Cal Ripken Baseball so fields could qualify for a grant that would cover about half the cost of permanent lighting for two fields.
Aaron Savage, a representative of EJBSL baseball, told the Brentwood Recreation Commission that the league is pursuing a grant through Cal Ripken Baseball to pay roughly 50% of the cost of permanent lighting for two fields and asked the town to consider whether a long-term commitment would be possible.
The request came during the commission’s regular meeting. Savage said the grant requires a 99‑year lease or other long-term commitment to qualify and that some of the potential target fields — including Courier Field and the field behind the former high school — are on school property, which complicates a long…
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