The Breese Stevens Neighborhood Planning Committee will be holding a public hearing on Thursday, November 21 from 7-9 pm in the Lapham School Cafeteria to help determine the future of Breese Stevens.

As Eric Minton mentioned in his article in the Spring 2002 issue of this newsletter (see http://danenet.wicip.org/tlna/web-data/news/news02/0202bree.html), revenues generated by Breese do not cover the maintenance and staff costs to operate the facility. A minimum of a million dollars is needed to begin repairing the infrastructure.

The Committee has been meeting monthly this year and has developed three possible uses for the field:

a) keep the current use as a premier soccer field; in order not to degrade the grass, the field is currently at its maximum usage if this option is selected,

b) keep it as a soccer field but allow other field sports to utilize the field; this option will allow more people to use the facility but will have adverse affects on the quality of the grass;

c) develop a kid/youth sports facility. Possibilities include a splash park, skateboard area, volleyball courts, basketball courts, etc.

Comments about the three proposals along with other ideas will be welcome at the public hearing.

-Bob Shaw

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