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posted 03/02/2008
The North Wake County Baseball Association (NWCBA) has been providing athletic opportunities for youth throughout the Triangle since the 1970’s. During these years the non-profit organization has offered spring and fall baseball leagues for players 5-18 years old.
NWCBA has a yearly budget of more than $200,000. We are an all volunteer organization and have no paid employees. Player fees and fundraising account for revenues that pay for all operational costs of the programs. Nearly half of the yearly operational costs are associated with field rental and maintenance of more than a dozen area facilities. Additionally, NWCBA consistently has funded or co-funded significant field development and field upgrade projects at county parks, public and private schools and parochial sites.
The NW landfill site offers an important opportunity for NWCBA to create a baseball complex that will benefit our NWCBA families. A facility with three adjacent fields will provide practice and game locations to enhance our mission of player development while offering NWCBA families an ideal local community site. The site will also help reduce then number of players that NWCBA to turn away due to insufficient field space.
In December of 2006 NWCBA made a comprehensive proposal to Wake County for the development and management of the baseball portion of the borrow area of the landfill site. A copy of this proposal can be provided upon request. The Board of Directors of NWCBA is committed to this project and the organization has sufficient cash reserves on hand to accomplish the majority of the initial phase of construction. The balance of the project would be achieved through corporate, professional and individual fundraising.
NWCBA looks forward to participating in the landfill project to make the complex a showcase for post-waste management site usage.
Best regards,
Ken Shuey
President
North Wake County Baseball Association
bkshuey@earthlink.net
