Wednesday, July 10, 2013

7-11-13 fdl council votes in favor of youth baseball diamonds at lakeside park

The Fond du lac city council has approved a proposal to allow the construction of two new youth baseball diamonds at Lakeside Park.   At their meeting Wednesday night the council vote was five to two in favor with councilmembers Karen Merkel and Dan  Manning voting against.  They wanted to table the proposal  given concerns raised by youth soccer and Fond du lac Festivals.  Ryan Haus says the diamonds would be located along Harborview Drive between Main and Doty Streets.  Haus says each diamond would be fully or partially enclosed with 225 foot fences.  Haus says there is an extreme need for more quality baseball diamonds in Fond du lac with a high number of kids playingbaseball and a growing youth girl’s softball program.  Haus says a fundraising campaign would pay for the project.  He says the cost of each field is about $35,000.

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