The Roswell City Council has approved a partnership with a local church to create athletic fields at Sweet Apple Elementary School.
The city will work with World Harvest Church and the school, at 12025 Etris Road, to add four grass fields and connecting trails.
The improvements will provide a safe connection between the school and Sweet Apple Park as well as the playground, park and neighborhoods along Hardscrabble and Etris roads, according to a staff report to council. The church will oversee the project, and the city will be responsible for maintaining the fields.
A “Sweet Apple Fields” website of High Hope Community Development Corp. says the project is budgeted at $250,000. The city is providing $100,000, and the church, $50,000, and fundraising is underway to raise the remaining $100,000. People can donate and be recognized by buying, for example, a brick for $250, a tree for $1,500 or a bench for $5,000.
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