PGSL Field Status

Within the city of Poway there is a shortage of athletic facilities for our children. With a few minor exceptions organized youth athletic leagues within Poway play on school fields. There are two Little League organizations in the city and both play at multi-field sites. It is this type of multi-field site that Poway Girls Softball League has been trying to locate for over six years.

The city of Poway has very few open properties that would lend themselves to athletic facilties Each of these properties have been carefully researched by league officials and each has proved un-workable. The reasons range from geographical unstable land to leaking methane from an abandoned dump site. With the loss of Midland school as a playing site the search for usable land has reached a new level of urgency. This loss only makes an existing problem worse, namely there is not enough fields in Poway for our children.

The creation of ball fields on the Midland Road property will be beneficial to all youth sports organizations within the city. Because there is already a shortage of athletic fields, moving the girls to existing fields will greatly impact one or more leagues within the city.

The league is currently preparing a Conditional Use Permit for submittal to the City of Poway. This process requires numerous studies and once the City has signed off on the plan it will go to a public hearing before the Poway City Council for approval. The league presented its original plan to the Council at a workshop on March 20, 2003. Since that time two workshops have been held with neighbors that live near the site.
Within the city of Poway there is a shortage of athletic facilities for our children. With a few minor exceptions organized youth athletic leagues within Poway play on school fields. There are two Little League organizations in the city and both play at multi-field sites. It is this type of multi-field site that Poway Girls Softball League has been trying to locate for over six years. The city of Poway has very few open properties that would lend themselves to athletic facilties Each of these properties have been carefully researched by league officials and each has proved un-workable. The reasons range from geographical unstable land to leaking methane from an abandoned dump site. With the loss of Midland school as a playing site the search for usable land has reached a new level of urgency. This loss only makes an existing problem worse, namely there is not enough fields in Poway for our children. The creation of ball fields on the Midland Road property will be beneficial to all youth sports organizations within the city. Because there is already a shortage of athletic fields, moving the girls to existing fields will greatly impact one or more leagues within the city.