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The city is struggling to maintain ball fields due to heavy year-round use and rising costs. A new task force will look at how to balance the needs of local kids with the reality of limited city staff and budget.
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Rising — being discussed more frequently. 1 mention in the last 30 days.
The city currently subsidizes baseball and softball complexes by over $214,000 annually.
Local youth and families who rely on these facilities for organized sports.
City taxpayers who are subsidizing the maintenance of fields used heavily by non-residents.
ABILENE, Texas — The Wylie Fastpitch Softball Association has been sent a notice of termination of its facility use agreement by the City of Abilene after Wylie Softball lost its United States Specialty Sports ...
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The city is struggling to maintain ball fields due to heavy year-round use and rising costs. A new task force will look at how to balance the needs of local kids with the reality of limited city staff and budget.