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Board moves forward on $16.3 million athletic facilities plan; funding to come from 1% sales-tax interest and other nonrecurring sources
Summary
After weeks of committee work and coach input, the school board approved advancing the athletic facilities concept and asked staff to proceed with permit-level design. Finance staff outlined a funding package drawn from 1% sales-tax interest, bond campus funds, debt-service reductions and other one-time sources.
Halifax County school officials and the school board agreed to proceed with design and permitting for a proposed athletic complex that includes renovated baseball and softball fields, a competition track, and a practice facility, funding to be requested from multiple one-time local sources.
Architects and coaches presented a revised site plan and practice facility concept on the stadium campus. The board, after questions about security fencing, spectator circulation and accessibility, voted to continue with the concept and authorized staff to prepare permit-ready drawings.
What the plan includes
Architect John Mundt presented the concept as a reconfigured site with a new practice facility (an indoor practice area with storage and locker rooms), ticket booth, resurfaced tennis courts, improved field lighting and a home-stand seating capacity of roughly 2,100 on the home side. Mundt described the indoor area as "a big…
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