Date: September 7, 2022
Project Title: West Side Park Complex
Applicant/Contact Person: Fran Cass
Name of Organization/Department: Middleborough Park Department
Address of Organization/Department: 26 Jackson Street; mailing address 20 Centre Street
Address of Project Site (if different): West End Avenue
Telephone (work, home, mobile): 508.946.2440
Email: fcass@middleboroughma.gov
Select one primary category and one primary purpose for your project:
CPA Category: ☐ Open Space
☒ Recreation
☐ Historic Preservation
☐ Community Housing
CPA Purpose: ☐ Acquire
☒ Create
☐ Preserve
☐ Support (Community Housing only)
☐ Rehabilitate/Restore
CPA Funding Requested: Anticipate $50,000-$100,000 or approximately 50% of total cost
Total Project Cost: At this time, anticipated to be $100,000-$200,000
Project Description: GOAL: The West Side Park complex is 10 acres of Town owned property located at the end of West End Avenue. The CPC funded portion of the proposed project will create lacrosse fields, a tranquility garden, add a parking area between West End Avenue and Lane Street as well as renovating & preserving the existing playground. The Park funded portion will reconstruct the bridge connecting the playground to the fields, build restroom facilities, install security cameras, picnic areas, seating and landscaping throughout the property. COMMUNITY BENEFIT: Lacrosse is fast becoming the game of choice for many of our young people. Although there are many ball fields in town, most are reserved for a specific sport. As the “new game in town”, lacrosse often only gets to play or practice in whatever field is left. By creating these fields, lacrosse would now have dedicated fields rather than competing with baseball & softball to locate a vacant field each week. As lacrosse is mainly a spring & fall sport, the open space of these fields will also provide residents with passive recreational opportunities throughout the year. The installation of a Tranquility “Healing” Garden has been requested by the community for many years. ELIGIBILITY FOR CPC FUNDING: The proposed West Side Park project is eligible for CPC funding as it will meet the criteria of “land (that) will be used for active or passive recreation including, but not limited to, the use of land for community gardens, trails, & noncommercial youth & adult sports, & the use of land as a park, playground or athletic field” . AGREES WITH CPC PLAN: The Open Space and Recreation component of the CPC Plan states that the purpose is “to acquire, create, and preserve open space, natural resources, and recreation areas and to rehabilitate or restore recreation facilities. The proposed West Side field project meets this criteria.