Lumber Yard sold to Bourbonnais Park District

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Bless you Tuzi!



If the trees get planted I'll get them to chisel out Sebastian's name and add Van Horn, the Brownlee boys, and that Bartman guy.

"Plant them and they will come."




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Originally posted by Tuzigoot:
one word,

TREES!

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Flush toilets?

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Originally posted by woodly:
The former owners of the Lumber Yard Sports Complex( which was never used last summer) have sold the complex to the Bourbonnais Park District.

The Bourbonnais Park District has committed a half million dollars to redeveloping the entire complex and have began working on the playing surfaces already. Jim Walsh of Sportsfields Inc was hired to REDO THE SURFACES OF EACH baseball field and he began the project last week. All fields will be finished prior to the winter.


just saw the architect plans for the facility which will be called DIAMOND SPORTS COMPLEX...
UNBELIEVABLE! 3 year plan and it will be the complex to be at... just like at Arizona...infield practice areas, picnic areas, splash ponds, volleyball courts....DEVELOPMENT OF walking paths and a REAL PARK AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELDS... a great looking CHAMPIONSHIP SQUARE AREA to present the awards....
The fields are looking good....starting to look like a BRAND NEW FACILITY...fields would be ready to play on in 2-3 weeks... the FORMER owners let it go down ...... THE NEW OWNERS ARE COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE! AND YES....TREES WILL BE planted everywhere throughout the faciiity... IT WILL BE A GREAT PLACE TO BE...
WE at Diamond Sports Promotions are very proud to have our name attached to it!

Diamond Sports Promotions will be the new tourney company for the complex. There will be a new "youth baseball" website developed and their youth season will begin Friday April 16-18th. Ages of tourneys for baseball will be 10-16 with some extra games being played for the older high school aged players when space is available.

Diamond Sports will also develop a youth FALL SCHEDULE as well as continuing its college "tour" in the summer and fall..

This complex will be excellent in quality in the future...Diamond Sports has a good reputation in the older kids tourneys....and hopefully can get some of the youth teams back into the complex..

some additions besides fields being revamped are new backstop netting on each field, new dugouts, new concession stands, new restrooms, walking paths, a splash pond for the kids to enjoy during the summer months, but best of all NO ADMISSION CHARGES FOR THE SPECTATORS!

TOURNEY DIRECTORS WILL INCLUDE MIKE VANHORN, TIM BROWNLEE, JIM BROWNLEE, ANDREW BARTMAN, all college baseball coaches or former college baseball coaches... Two other current college coaches or former coaches will be added to the staff for this complex.

Will keep you posted on the progress.. A new alternative to youth baseball events....

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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Originally posted by CPLZ:
Woodly,
Do you have contact info for Vanhorn should anyone wish to do so?