Shelbyville Parks & Recreation Director Trevor said the city was awarded a $2,500,000 matching LPRF grant on Aug. 16 to build a six‑acre soccer complex next to Griffith Park and asked the council to approve a $770,000 local contribution at next Thursday’s meeting, contingent on the state accepting a recent appraisal that counts as part of the local match.

Trevor said staff appraised 60 acres to contribute toward the match and that, with the appraisal accepted, the remaining local request would be $770,000. “With council approval, Parks and Recreation applied for this grant and on August 16th this year was awarded a $2,500,000 matching grant,” he said.

Staff provided a phase‑one cost breakdown and described work they expect to include in the grant scope. Trevor estimated roughly $327,000 for construction engineering documents, about $970,000 to connect the site to existing infrastructure and build a parking area that staff said would total about 260,000 square feet (about 650 spaces), and another allocation for grading and site preparation. Trevor characterized the figures as estimates and said final contract documents will refine the numbers.

On operations, Trevor described two models—city-run maintenance or contracting tournaments and operators—and said the larger economic benefit comes from sales taxes generated by visitors. “The golden goose is tax money that people are spending in sales tax,” he said, pointing to hotel room and food‑service spending associated with tournaments.

Councilors asked about maintenance budgets, timeline and contingencies. Trevor estimated simple grass‑field maintenance in phase 1 could run in the low thousands per year (he described an approximate range rather than an exact figure) and said the state granted additional time to rescope the project if needed. He told council staff expected a decision window of roughly 90 days.

The item is scheduled for a budget vote at the council’s next regular meeting; staff emphasized the request is contingent on the state’s appraisal acceptance and that additional private or corporate fundraising remains possible.