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Providers press city to prioritize maintenance, bathrooms and permitting for youth fields
Summary
Community coaches and volunteer leagues urged councilors to invest not just in capital projects but in ongoing maintenance, bathroom access, lighting and transparent permitting after describing frequent cancellations, high portable‑light and porta‑potty costs, and opaque field schedules.
Community providers who run volunteer youth leagues told the City Council on Dec. 1 that facility maintenance, bathroom access and permitting transparency frequently constrain programming and exclude kids.
"We build things but we don't maintain them," said a Jamaica Plain youth‑soccer leader during the hearing, urging the council to match capital work with sustained operations funding.
Speakers from Parkways, JP Youth Soccer, Dorchester Little League and Boston Scores described everyday barriers: fields taken offline for renovations at the same time, lack of indoor…
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