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In an effort to enhance Crookston soccer and help keep it affordable, the Crookston Youth Soccer Association (CYSA), Crookston Parks and Recreation, Crookston High School, the University of Minnesota, Crookston and parents have joined forces to build a concession stand.
The intent of the structure was to allow various users to generate revenue to support their programs, provide convenience for fans, and improve the soccer complex at CHS. This, in turn, would position the community to sustain its soccer programs as well as provide opportunities for quality competitions and tournaments.
Initially, the CYSA Board had voted to provide the funding for the structure. To leverage the funds available, board members reached out to other community resources. Parks and Recreation allowed the materials from the locker rooms in the former arena facilities to be salvaged. Tim Persson of Northern Lumber and others had originally donated the materials and labor for those locker rooms. Volunteers from the CYSA, UMC Hockey Club, UMC Women’s Soccer Team and others helped to dismantle the locker rooms and sort the reusable material.
A UMC facilities course taught by Kent Freberg took the recycled material and constructed the shell of the structure. The University moved the structure to the soccer complex on Monday, where it was placed on footings constructed by high school students. On Tuesday, volunteers installed windows, a door and other trimming. Metal siding also salvaged from the locker rooms will be installed next. Minor improvement will be done on a continual basis.
CYSA Board member and youth coach Peter Phaiah is impressed with the collaboration that made the project possible. “With the investment of a few hundred dollars from CYSA, reused material, volunteers and community collaboration, Crookston has made improvements to it soccer complex even in this time of tight budgets,” he stated in an email to the Times. “You may also notice that several sets of bleachers from the old arena have been moved to the CHS soccer complex and football field.”
In an effort to enhance Crookston soccer and help keep it affordable, the Crookston Youth Soccer Association (CYSA), Crookston Parks and Recreation, Crookston High School, the University of Minnesota, Crookston and parents have joined forces to build a concession stand.
The intent of the structure was to allow various users to generate revenue to support their programs, provide convenience for fans, and improve the soccer complex at CHS. This, in turn, would position the community to sustain its soccer programs as well as provide opportunities for quality competitions and tournaments.
Initially, the CYSA Board had voted to provide the funding for the structure. To leverage the funds available, board members reached out to other community resources. Parks and Recreation allowed the materials from the locker rooms in the former arena facilities to be salvaged. Tim Persson of Northern Lumber and others had originally donated the materials and labor for those locker rooms. Volunteers from the CYSA, UMC Hockey Club, UMC Women’s Soccer Team and others helped to dismantle the locker rooms and sort the reusable material.
A UMC facilities course taught by Kent Freberg took the recycled material and constructed the shell of the structure. The University moved the structure to the soccer complex on Monday, where it was placed on footings constructed by high school students. On Tuesday, volunteers installed windows, a door and other trimming. Metal siding also salvaged from the locker rooms will be installed next. Minor improvement will be done on a continual basis.
CYSA Board member and youth coach Peter Phaiah is impressed with the collaboration that made the project possible. “With the investment of a few hundred dollars from CYSA, reused material, volunteers and community collaboration, Crookston has made improvements to it soccer complex even in this time of tight budgets,” he stated in an email to the Times. “You may also notice that several sets of bleachers from the old arena have been moved to the CHS soccer complex and football field.”
