Work begins on work on placing artificial turf Bob Jones and James Clemens fields
JCHS Coach Wade Waldrop (right) overlooking the work at JCHS with project manager Taylor Miller.
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 By  John Few Published 
2:21 pm Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Work begins on work on placing artificial turf Bob Jones and James Clemens fields

MADISON – Work has begun on turfing the practice field at James Clemens, and returfing the Bob Jones practice field. Crews with Warner’s Athletic Co. will also turf Madison City Stadium.

An extensive cost study led by former Superintendent Robby Parker and the district’s architectural firm showed substantial savings from the $2.4 million turfing projects. Savings will be recouped from not having the maintenance on natural grass fields of fertilizer, repair, striping, lost revenue from moving events due to rain and other factors.

Parker said in February the cost analysis of replacing the natural grass field in Madison City Stadium with artificial turf comes after several years of study. He said part of the initial cost will be recouped from savings of at least $74,312 in annual maintenance on natural grass fields.

The district is also realizing big savings by the new middle school being built by the stadium using that field rather than paying to construct and maintain a new stadium for the middle school.

Photos show JCHS Coach Wade Waldrop (right) overlooking the work at JCHS with project manager Taylor Miller. The last photo is of the old turf awaiting hauling off from Bob Jones while the practice field awaits the new turf.

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