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Changes coming for Memorial Field

Revised design of the Memorial Field area, viewed by ignite cda at its March 15 meeting. (Welch Comer illustration)
Revised design of the Memorial Field area, viewed by ignite cda at its March 15 meeting. (Welch Comer illustration)

Bill Greenwood, City of CDA Parks Director, and Phil Boyd (Welch-Comer Engineers) shared with the board an updated design of the Memorial Park element of the Four Corner Master Plan. The primary components of the updated design include:

  • Reorientation of Memorial Field (i.e. rotating the existing field layout eastward resulting in a more northerly orientation when viewed from home plate.
  • Modification to the City /County parking lot design / layout
  •  Repositioning of certain park improvements on the ignite cda "triangle" property that will be exchanged with the City
  • Potential relocation / replacement of existing field lights on Memorial Field. This design change could be an expensive proposition and costs for such a lighting modification are not in the current budget; the issue is still being researched
  • New Memorial Field orientation will require installation of some tall fences/netting to control softball flight into parking areas
  • Full presentation and discussion here.


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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