Sports complex projects in the works in Post Falls
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 months, 3 weeks AGO
Currently, alfalfa grows in the area that will become the Montrose Sports Complex in Post Falls. The site is located at the intersection of Seltice Way and Empire Center Road near Orgill Inc.
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Post Falls is planning to start construction for Montrose Sports Complex in August. The field that will become the venue is at the intersection of Seltice Way and Empire Center Boulevard.
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | July 27, 2024 1:08 AM
POST FALLS — Next month, the developer Greenstone is slated to begin construction of Montrose Sports Complex. The property sits at the intersection of Seltice Way and Empire Center Boulevard near Orgill Inc.
“Right now, it's just alfalfa,” Post Falls parks director Dave Fair said.
Two softball fields, a parking lot and access road are included in the project, and construction of the multifield park is expected to continue through the spring.
The 2020 Parks and Recreation Master Plan included a future sport complex project to revitalize adult softball for the city. The program was shuttered when the previous softball facility was closed and there were no alternative play areas.
Surveys and focus groups from the city suggested expanding the available options for adult sports by adding outdoor athletic fields and courts.
Quarry sports complex
The city has 442 acres of park land, and city leadership has placed an emphasis on adding parks for the growing population, averaging a new park every year and a half since 1993.
Post Falls staff are now turning their attentions to a site for the Quarry Sports Complex, formerly known as Tullamore Sports Complex.
City staff plan to pursue a grant in August to help fund phase one of the project.
The city renamed the future project to Quarry a few years ago since Post Falls already has a Tullamore Park.
More information about the project is expected to be released in August.
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