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Conroe council hears R100 archery tournament, staff outlines plan for permanent archery complex at Owen Park
Summary
City staff previewed an R100 national archery event planned for mid‑April at Owen Park and presented a concept for a permanent, multi‑discipline archery complex on roughly 13 acres of the park. Council and residents asked about park impacts, insurance and operating costs.
City staff told the City Council on March 12 that the R100 national archery tour will use Owen Park for a multi‑day event this spring and that staff is exploring a permanent archery complex in the park’s northwest corner.
The presentation was led by Greg Wells, assistant director of programs in the Community Development Department, who said the R100 tour provides targets and event infrastructure and that the host city can receive as much as 30% of registration fees. Wells said the tour stop for Conroe is scheduled roughly one month after the March 12 workshop and identified the event dates as “the eleventh through the thirteenth.”
The council heard both a short description of the weekend tournament and a longer concept for a municipal archery facility that would accommodate three outdoor archery disciplines: target, field and 3‑D archery. The staff concept would use about 13 acres in the park’s northwest corner; the…
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