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Residents urge city to prioritize sports field lighting, pump track and parks upgrades
Summary
Residents, youth sports clubs and parents packed the Claremont City Council workshop to press for expanded field lighting, a pump track feasibility study and investments in parks and playgrounds so teams and families can use existing facilities year‑round.
More than a dozen residents and leaders of local youth sports organizations pressed the Claremont City Council at a special priorities workshop to boost investments in parks and athletic fields, extend lighting seasons and study a pump track that advocates said would give older children safe places to ride.
"My ask for you today is to include a pump track feasibility study in this year's budget priorities," said Anna Jacobson, board president of Play Collective (Better Claremont Playgrounds), who told the council she has been talking with families about a persistent gap in spaces for older youth.
Parents, nonprofit sports leaders and youth described crowded fields, canceled practices and safety concerns that arise when lights are turned…
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