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Columbia's New Ridley Sports Complex "Landlocked"


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For more than 2 months there was NOT been a shovel of dirt moved at the new Ridley Sports Complex in Columbia. And for my 32 years of sports coverage on radio Columbia has lagged behind every city that surrounds them in building new facilities. Read about the issue on our website at TennesseeSportsNet.Com Blog Page.

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Columbia's finest leaders at work! Maybe they don't care that the girls do not have nice fields to play on, but I don't understand why they can't see the revenue that Columbia would bring in hosting tournaments. I have been coaching in Columbia for 15 years and was on the CGFP board a couple of years ago so I know we have been trying to get new fields for a long time. The project is already a couple of years late getting started and last night the mayor said it will be a couple more before the fields are ready. What's the problem? Will we have some endangered species of critters or plants found there that will stop the project like the Columbia Dam? I was also on the soccer board several years ago when they were going to build new regulation size soccer fields with lights. Well the land is still sitting there with only practice goals on them! I guess as long as we can have Mule Day and that stupid River Walk, everything will be fine in Columbia!

P.S. I am a Columbia native and lived here all my life, so I have a right to be /mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":angry:" border="0" alt="mad.gif" />

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