|
Home
Mission Statement
Travel
Schedules 
Rec Shedules
Flyer Travel
Program
Calendar
Fairgrounds
Map
Springhill Field
Map
Directions
Risk Management
- Zero
Tolerance-New
-
Handouts
-
Safety
Coaches List
Tournament
Rules
Bylaws
Soccer Links
Coaching Info.
Board Contacts
Jugglers Club
Future Soccer
Fields
Forms
Age Chart
Referee Classes
Tournament
U8 Technical
Training Days
Parent Education
Strategic Planning
Interesting in joining a team? Click
here
to send email to registrar.
If you want information posted on
the website, please
click here to obtain approval.
| |
From Tribune Star...(Published:
July 12, 2006 10:51 pm )
Soccer association closes in on land purchase
By Laura Followell
The Tribune-Star
The Vigo
County Youth Soccer Association might have the ball in the net and ready for
play at a new location in fall 2007.
The VCYSA is closing in on a purchase of nearly 55 acres of land located at 990
W. Springhill Drive.
“We’re waiting for the subdivision ordinance to be passed. … We don’t see any
opposition in that, so the land will be cleared for purchase of sale within 30
to 60 days,” said current land owner Ward M. Hubbard.
David Abrams, president of the VCYSA, said his group is on a “fast-tracked”
planning process to develop the land.
Hubbard, the association’s land development committee chair, said crews are set
to begin grading the area sometime next week. Weeding, planting grass seed and
fertilizing will take place in August.
“So we could be mowing grass probably by the end of September,” Hubbard said.
Abrams said, “The earliest we see playing [at the new location] would be the
fall of ‘07. That’s what we’re looking at, but again you have to wait to see
what happens with all the rest of it.”
Last week, Vigo County Commissioners approved rezoning 56.65 acres out of a
140.6 acre tract, so the youth sport association can begin developing the land
for season play.
Once the land is purchased, funding for development will become a top priority.
Association officials anticipate needing to raise $200,000 for completion of the
playing fields, concession facility and parking spaces.
The Vigo County Youth Soccer Association is currently operating at the Wabash
Valley Fairgrounds, which has a limited amount of space for the soccer
association’s programs, Abrams said.
The change of venue would increase the playing area from 17 acres to 46 acres.
“The main problem we are running into right now at the fairgrounds is that our
program is continuing to grow and we’re running out of space,” Abrams said.
This fall season will mark the association’s 30th year, Abrams said.
Each spring about 1,300 soccer players register, with nearly 1,000 registered in
the fall.
The association’s programs include eight age divisions, ranging from 4 to 19
years old. Children 9 and up can participate in a competitive travel league that
is governed by the Indiana Youth Soccer Association.
The proposed new facility is exciting for parents and competitors alike, Abrams
said.
“Now we just have to figure out how to do it, how to make it happen,” he said.
“We just want to continue to allow the program to grow and get as many people as
possible involved in the sport. It’s certainly growing in America. More and more
people are interested. It’s really nice to see.”
For more information or to make a donation, contact the Vigo County Youth Soccer
Association at (812) 466-0900 or www.vcysa.org.
Laura Followell can be reached at (812) 231-4253 or laura.followell@tribstar.com.
|
