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Youth baseball leaders tell council fields are scarce and per-player fee is unfair; groups ask for waivers or credits
Summary
Leaders of town youth baseball and other sports groups told the council they lack Little League‑compliant diamond fields, that past park projects removed diamonds without replacing them, and that a new $10/$25 per-player participation fee burdens families and organizations that maintain their own fields; they asked for immediate allocation and an exemption or credit for self‑maintaining groups.
At the budget committee meeting on March 23, Chris Grady, president of the Cheshire Youth Baseball and Softball Association, pressed the town to address a severe shortage of Little League–compliant diamond fields and to reconsider a recently implemented per-player participation fee he described as inequitable.
"We are extremely challenged to find field space in town," Grady said. He told the council his organization serves hundreds of players (the association represents more than 583 town players in one league and up to 689 counting other leagues) and said field…
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