By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
There is a proposal at the Geary County CVB to undertake a feasibility study on existing sports facilities in the community.
Geary County Commisioner Trish Giordano also sets with the CVB Board. She listened to the proposal, "and basically it's a feasibility study to look at what we have in our community and how we can expand on that." Giordano called it a great idea. "Because if we don't know what our potential is I don't know where we would be able to go from there."
There was a consensus to seek requests for qoutes from different companies for the project. The CVB has alredy discussed the idea with a company called Victus. This could be the first step in finding out if a new sports complex is needed. Officials could aso learn that just a few more facilities are needed, such as perhaps a few more pickleball courts, tennis courts or a soccer field.
There could be discussions on the topic with the community or potentially a survey. Any study could also apply to marketing of the community.
The topic will be brought back to the CVB board next month.
There was a general belief that due to the high cost of a sports complex any facilty like that would need to be funded and operated by a private entity.