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Newbern Little League

  • Overview

    Info

    Newbern, AL
    2003
    5th Year Project
    Recreation/Community

  • Project Team

    Julie Hay, Jason Hunsucker, Patrick Nelson, Jermaine Washington

Residents concerned about the welfare of the children in Newbern approached the Rural Studio about building a baseball field that would provide a safe environment for structured after school and summer activity. Baseball Tomorrow, the philanthropic arm of Major League Baseball and the Major League Player’s Association provided funding for this project. The field was carved using catfish pond excavation techniques from a piece of sloping ground on property donated by the estate of Mr. Robert Walthall.

at their tallest, the arches rise to a height of 17 feet
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