By Noel Smith
On April 27, 2016 groundbreaking for permanent restrooms at Polo Grounds Park took place. These facilities have been on the master plan for Polo Grounds Park for literally decades and are now being built. Cabrillo Host Lions and County Parks finally made it possible by including privately raised funds along with County funds to build the restrooms. Support for the project grew among sports leagues and community members after the plans added the concession stand which they suggested.
Until now the 62-acre Polo Grounds Park, which hosts hundreds of kids and parents on the baseball and soccer fields on most weekends, only provided portable restrooms that often became almost unusable.
Just one year ago in 2015, the fundraising began. This involved the Cabrillo Host Lions, County Parks, Supervisor Zach Friends office, and the Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks. Using state reimbursement funds, capital improvement funds and park funds provided the majority of the amount needed for the installation. In February 2016 the Board of Supervisors contracted with the Public Restroom Company for a prefabricated building combining the public restroom and concession area and which also includes the foundation. The structure comes in three pieces, which will be assembled in place within the next 60 days.
At the gogopolo.org website you will find information about the project and how to donate. Please support the construction of this Restroom/Concession Stand Building and make a tax-deductible donation regardless of the amount.
You can buy a Personalized Brick: $75 for a 4”x 8” walkway paver with your choice of engraved text, (2 lines, 15 characters each line) to honor a loved one or share your person al message.
There are also Platinum ($7500), Gold ($5000) and Silver ($2500) Sponsorships. This includes a 12” x 12” engraved brick, (2 lines, 20 characters each line, sponsorship level on third line), to be in the architectural design of the new building and permanent signage in the Concessions Area for future generations to see.