Community Drive Pushes Towards $1 Million Grant to Upgrade Elings Park Ballfields

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – If the local community can pull off $200,000 fundraising drive, Elings Park in Santa Barbara is going to get a much-needed $1 million grant for an improvement project.

The money will go specifically to critical repairs and reconstruction at three ballfields, known as the  Castagnola Softball Complex.

Those playing on the fields say they have seen a deterioration with gopher holes and some slumping of the outfields.

Teams play regularly every week in leagues that include men, women, and co-eds.

They know the fields well, and because the park was built on an old city dump, the soil is irregular in many areas.

Those wanting to donate only have a few more days before the funding drive to raise money concludes this month. The donor pledging the million dollars donation has not been named.

(More details, photos and video will be available later today.)

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