From left are, Pace Kirchner, City Council member Emily Kirchner, Project Engineer Mark Cornett, Contractor Matthew Mabery, Create Healthy’s Chris Simmler and J.P. Phelps, Hill Country Youth Soccer President Dan Kemp, Savannah Brickner, George Sanchez, Samantha Anderson, Rebecca Brickner, Allison Anderson, Maggie and Gary Scripps, representing the Adam R. Scripps Foundation, City Manager Clinton Bailey, City Council members Randy Briley and Bobby Watson. – Standard-Radio Post/Ken Esten Cooke
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February 29, 2024
Plowing fresh ground for soccer complex
Foundations help youth complex move ahead
After years of dreaming, a groundbreaking was held Friday evening at the site of a future new soccer fields complex for youth.
“It’s been six to eight years in the making,” said Dan Kemp, president of Hill Country Youth Soccer, to a small group of donors and supporters on Friday afternoon on fresh-plowed ground adjacent to Oak Crest Park.
“It’s been a long time with a couple of bond fails. Mark Cornett came to me and asked what can we do? We bega...
