Maple Grange soccer fields reopen
Vernon. Vernon Township officials held the official ribbon-cutting for the renovated soccer fields at Maple Grange Park on Saturday morning. Vernon Township officials expect the football field will need to be replaced in about two years.
| 05 Nov 2019 | 11:52
Town officials and the Rec.board members do the honors. (
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Children swarmed the fields after the ribbon cutting, ready to play four scheduled soccer games. (
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Two newly resurfaced soccer fields at Maple Grange Park were rededicated to the children of Vernon on Saturday, nov. 2. (
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Vernon Recreation Director Mishelle Downtain introduces the new fields and town officials waiting to cut the ceremonial ribbon. (
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The two soccer fields at Maple Grange Park in Vernon were officially opened to the public on Saturday morning.
Recreation Director Mishelle Downtain led a group of town officials to officially cut the ribbon.
Work on the fields began Sept. 23.
The field replacements were paid for with a $872,750 bond issue, and on Election Day, township voters rejected a 10-year tax of a half-cent per $100 of assessed value for recreation purposes.
Township Council President Jean Murphy previously said it would cost the average Vernon Township home - valued at about $215,000 - about $11 per year.
Murphy said the council was informed that in about two years the park's football field will need to be replaced at a cost of $525,000.
