Hrbek Fields in Bloomington are falling apart. The city has ignored these once great youth fields for too long. Dangerous lips in the infield, uneven playing surfaces around the batter's boxes, broken down batting cages and deteriorating mounds are just some of the issues in this crumbling, broken down complex, which sits on the corner of 90th and Nicollet Avenue.
Hrbek Fields are close to 30 years old. Has the infield grass ever been replaced? The four fields need to be stripped clean, re-leveled with new agri-lime and then fresh sod laid down, along with other cosmetic upgrades.
We need 1,000 signatures to take this petition to the city. Youth baseball players, whether in the Bloomington Travel Baseball Association, the Bloomington Athletic Association or visiting teams from other cities, deserve clean, upgraded, safe fields.
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Reached 250 supporters
April 19, 2021
April 17, 2021
The momentum behind this initiative continues to grow as we approach two hundred and fifty signatures. Please encourage your acquaintances to visit this page so we can reach our next milestone faster.
Reached 100 supporters
April 12, 2021
April 11, 2021
We are currently approaching the initial threshold of one hundred signatures. This milestone will provide the necessary momentum to present our formal concerns regarding the condition of Hrbek Fields to the city council. Please consider directing others to this page so that we might reach this mark by the end of the day.
65 Comments
Kids need SAFE places to play!! Start working for the Bloomington residents and maintain our existing resources before you throw our money toward "pet" projects of our council members.
Bloomington has a great tradition of baseball. It is important to keep these fields up to date for the safety of both our Bloomington kids and also those kids from communities that are traveling to play at our fields. It is time to improve these fields to a level we can all be proud of.
1000’s of people come to our community as players or spectators. This is not a very good way to represent our community. We are better than this.
These fields were once kept up with pride, what happened? In addition, there are full and part time maintenance crews stationed at Valley View Park, how did they let the fields get in such poor shape?
Safety is definitely an issue with the uneven infield. Players are often hurt and sometimes injured by what they call "Hrbek hops".
I grew up playing some of greatest games as a youth on those fields. They are a landmark of East Bloomington and should be treated that way.
Fire who ever is in charge
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Hrbek Fields in Bloomington are falling apart. The city has ignored these once great youth fields for too long. Dangerous lips in the infield, uneven playing surfaces around the batter's boxes, broken down batting cages and deteriorating mounds are just some of the issues in this crumbling, broken down complex, which sits on the corner of 90th and Nicollet Avenue.
Hrbek Fields are close to 30 years old. Has the infield grass ever been replaced? The four fields need to be stripped clean, re-leveled with new agri-lime and then fresh sod laid down, along with other cosmetic upgrades.
We need 1,000 signatures to take this petition to the city. Youth baseball players, whether in the Bloomington Travel Baseball Association, the Bloomington Athletic Association or visiting teams from other cities, deserve clean, upgraded, safe fields.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
April 19, 2021
April 17, 2021
The momentum behind this initiative continues to grow as we approach two hundred and fifty signatures. Please encourage your acquaintances to visit this page so we can reach our next milestone faster.
Reached 100 supporters
April 12, 2021
April 11, 2021
We are currently approaching the initial threshold of one hundred signatures. This milestone will provide the necessary momentum to present our formal concerns regarding the condition of Hrbek Fields to the city council. Please consider directing others to this page so that we might reach this mark by the end of the day.
65 Comments
I had the privilege of playing on these fields as a kid. These fields will always be special to me. It saddens me to see the shape of the fields when my son's team visits there for games.
Kids need SAFE places to play!! Start working for the Bloomington residents and maintain our existing resources before you throw our money toward "pet" projects of our council members.
Bloomington has a great tradition of baseball. It is important to keep these fields up to date for the safety of both our Bloomington kids and also those kids from communities that are traveling to play at our fields. It is time to improve these fields to a level we can all be proud of.
1000’s of people come to our community as players or spectators. This is not a very good way to represent our community. We are better than this.
These fields were once kept up with pride, what happened? In addition, there are full and part time maintenance crews stationed at Valley View Park, how did they let the fields get in such poor shape?
Safety is definitely an issue with the uneven infield. Players are often hurt and sometimes injured by what they call "Hrbek hops".
I grew up playing some of greatest games as a youth on those fields. They are a landmark of East Bloomington and should be treated that way.
Fire who ever is in charge
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I had the privilege of playing on these fields as a kid. These fields will always be special to me. It saddens me to see the shape of the fields when my son's team visits there for games.