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SPORTS COMPLEX COMMITTEE JULY 2021 – JUNE 2022 TOWN REPORT

This committee is responsible for the maintenance and development of the Hollis Sports Complex at 14 Lower Tarbox Road. The committee members are as follows: Coco Hirstel – Chairperson, Tom Sullivan – Vice Chair, Cheryl Joyner, Josh St. Pierre, Jen C’es, Debbie Tefft – Recreation Director, and Mary Hoffman – Select Board liaison. We meet the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 at the Community Building. We are looking for new members for this committee. Please HELP – call Debbie Tefft at 929-5142 if you are interested in getting involved! The committee is in charge of managing the Sports Complex budget and maintaining the facilities we have at this site. Our budget covers the costs of irrigation, landscaping, field maintenance (Davey Tree), mowing, portable toilets, utilities, and repairs to the field and equipment. We are hoping to expand the field space to accommodate other sports like lacrosse and flag football. We would also like to build a skateboard park at this site and need more volunteers to help us with fundraising for this project. Other improvements we hope for the future include adding to the playground and extending the walking path. We added pickle ball courts to the existing tennis courts using grant money from the Wilkinson Foundation for all the necessary equipment. We have a good-sized group making use of this program. They play most weekends in good weather. The equipment is stored in a cabinet at the courts and is accessible by calling the Recreation Department at 929-5142 to get the combination. There are three small pavilions now at this site with picnic tables available for public use. These were rebuilt and reinforced by Ruel Construction after some vandalism. We appreciate their donation of their time and expertise!! We hope that people will enjoy these spaces! Thank you to Riley Mattor, who cleaned up our playground before Community Day/ Pirate Fest and added new wood chips. As usual, we ask that people refrain from driving on our fields, cutting donuts in our parking lots, and please take care of your trash in the appropriate containers. Please make sure to clean up after your pets. There are bags at the doggie station if you forget yours. We want to keep this site clean and well maintained.

It is good to see lots of activity at this site!! Respectfully submitted, Coco Hirstel, Chairperson

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