Updated: Council Awards Contract for Nursery Field Artificial Turf Project
Council members discovered an unexpected benefit to the project recently when soil testing revealed that the field had contaminants, which will now be removed as part of the artificial turf installation.
Nursery Field Donor Group Raises $2.9M, Meets Deadline to Advance Artificial Turf Plan
The donor group announced in a June 28 email to its supporters that it had reached its financial goal with days to spare.
Letter: Nursery Field Fundraising is Anti-Democratic
Putting a special interest group’s thumb on the decision-making scale cannot help but influence that decision.
Letter: Choosing Natural Grass Over Artificial Turf is a Sustainable Future
With nearly every passing day, more articles with more evidence are being presented, with similar conflicts all over the country, if not internationally.
Letter: Synthetic Turf is a Big Mistake
Once a synthetic field is built, the city will be on the hook to pay for a replacement carpet when it becomes necessary, i.e. every 7-10 years.
City Council Agrees to Terms With Donor Group, Nursery Field Turf Project Gets OK’d
The artificial turf and drainage installation will transform an 82,000-square-foot athletic field on 6.75 acres of city-owned property along Milton Road. It will be the first time that a city-owned field will have artificial turf.
City Council Backs Artificial Turf as Donor Group’s Leaders Plan to Help Grow Rye GOP Base
A majority of the Rye City Council signaled their support for a controversial plan to put artificial turf at Nursery Field, after several leaders of a donor group advocating for the project became involved in the local Republican Party.
Nursery Field Advocacy Group Sues City Over Artificial Turf Plans, With City Council Vote on Proposal Expected April 17
The litigation potentially throws a wrench into the City Council’s decision-making. The council is planning to vote on Wednesday, April 17, whether to move forward with the turf plan.
GOP Council Candidate, Rick McCabe, Touts Fields, Civility in Upcoming Campaign
McCabe is hoping voters can see past ideology this November. Based on enrollment data from the Westchester County Board of Elections, they’ll need to.
From Where I Sit: Tuning in to Watch ‘Let’s Make a Deal’
Leaders of the donor group, Let the Kids Play, made clear in emails that they wanted to assert influence over the city’s Republican party – and the two Republican City Council members — to win support for artificial turf.