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Dartmouth Memorial Stadium Renovation

Process To Date

• Athletic Fields Committee
• Reviewed fields Town‐wide
• Consisted of various stakeholder groups
• Conclusion was that alternate site was not identifiable

but that a Memorial Stadium renovation project would be worth exploring

• Turf Field Committee
• Goal to determine how best to address the deteriorating

Memorial Stadium

• Consists of representatives from School Committee,

Select Board, Fin‐Com, Superintendent of Schools, Assistant Superintendent of School Finance & Operations Town Administrator, Town Director of Development

• Have met many times during past year with/without

architects to discuss options/phases

Dartmouth Memorial Stadium

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Dartmouth Public Schools

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Dartmouth Memorial Stadium

Dartmouth Public Schools

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Phase 1 Highlighted

Funding

• Phase 1 – Synthetic Field and Lighting –

Cost Estimate = $1,730,319

• June 2018 Town Meeting ‐ $400,000 for Dartmouth Memorial

Stadium Renovation

• October 2018 Town Meeting – The School Committee is

seeking $1,100,000 to complete phase 1

• Cost beyond appropriation will be supplemented by

fundraising and school choice funding

Next Steps

• Outreach for Phase 1
• Unanimous votes of the School Committee, Capital

Improvement Planning Committee, Finance Committee, and Select Board in support of moving the Stadium Renovation forward

• Held a public forum on October 3rd
• Tonight we are seeking funding, to be supplemented by

fundraising and school choice funding, from Town Meeting to complete Phase 1

• Establishing an official Memorial Stadium Fundraising

Committee

• Proceed with additional testing and design
• Begin construction of Phase 1 after the fall sports season for

completion prior to the 2019 fall sports season