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A LaFayette Underground article from June detailing the sorry condition of the old LHS football field has generated a significant response from the community that could give that facility a new lease on life. But the field’s second chance may depend on you helping convince the city’s leadership to let it happen.
As noted in our June 24th post, the former LHS football facility – including Patton Stadium, Tucker Field, and the Johnny Cash Band Room – was turned over to LaFayette Recreation shortly after the high school relocated in 1997. In the 13 years since, the city of LaFayette renamed the complex after Ross Abney but did little to keep it maintained, presentable, or safe. The old field presents vast potential for hosting concerts, movies, sporting events, and other community activities, but in its current condition is nothing much beyond an eyesore and waste of space.
Our article received much attention through Facebook recommendations and a cursory link from The Walker County Messenger. Some of the hundreds who read the piece began to discuss ways to remedy the field’s sorry condition, and several began to take action to make those remedies a reality.
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