The group Central 4Ward celebrates its success in the first phase of four to upgrade outdoor athletic facilities at the school.
Brookfield Central dedicates its new synthetic turf baseball field with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 3 p.m. Thursday, prior to its home opening game with Thomas More High School. The volunteer fundraising group Central 4Ward was required by the school board to raise two-thirds of the estimated $500,000 cost of the field. Central 4Ward now sets its sights on the second phase of a four-phase plan to upgrade the school’s outdoor athletic facilities. A concessions/restroom facility with a covered pavilion would cost about $420,000, and the group has raised about $284,000. The group also proposes in future years resurfacing the tennis courts and replacing press boxes and bleachers by 2016 or 2017. The entire project, with all phases, is …
Last year, the state-of-the-art stadium was completed, but was missing something - the dugouts. Those plans are moving forward with the city next week.
The baseball stadium construction project at Brookfield Central High School is rounding third and headed for home – so to say. Last year, Brookfield Central broke ground and completed its state-of-the-art baseball stadium, due in large part to a sizable anonymous donation. Last year, the field portion of the project was completed, and now all that’s left are the dugouts. The Elmbrook School District has submitted plans to the city to construct the two dugouts, and Plan Commissioners will review that request Monday. The district’s proposal calls for dugouts constructed with designer concrete bricks. The original intention was to build chain-link dugouts, but an influx of private donations made it possible to improve upon plans. In just a …
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Tom
8:15 am on Friday, May 24, 2013
Should have combined the high schools. It would have saved the district more money and Brookfield could have remained in division 1. more ›