To: ED MANGANO, NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE
Indoor Track And Field Facility
We, the citizens of Nassau County would like to point your attention to our need for a public Indoor track and field Facility, to facilities year-round, indoor practice and competitive event during the winter months.
Why is this important?
We, the citizens of Nassau County would like to point your attention to our need for a public indoor track and field facility, to facilitate year-round, indoor practice and competitive events during the winter months. At this moment no indoor public facility for winter track and field practice exists in Nassau County.
An indoor 200m track will facilitate a number of sports for training and competitions. This will give athletes the facilities they need to continue to grow their talent during the cold and icy months. The indoor track could be used year round as a center for Athletics. Regularly scheduled sport tournaments would generate a significant amount of revenue. In addition, such a facility would create jobs by staffing Instructors to accommodate many Health and Fitness activities for all ages. Building costs are extremely affordable now and as the economy recovers, costs will rise accordingly. This plan will increase our county revenue immediately and for years to come.
This is not a new idea we just want it to be done now with no strings attached:
“A call from some Nassau residents for a new indoor facility that would hold various sporting and other events has prompted County officials to propose such a $5 million building as part of the $400 million it hopes to borrow for a new Coliseum and minor league ballpark. If voters approve borrowing the $400 million on August 1, the County plans to use $5 million of the money to build a 90,000-square-foot multipurpose facility for track and field events and conventions, Deputy County Executive Rob Walker said.”
This petition calls for funding to be made available to build an indoor athletics track in the county. This facility can be located at Valley Stream National Park, Eisenhower Park or located behind the Omni Building on the Mitchel Field property. It would include an artificial turf field and a six-lane track. Currently it’s certainly difficult to train in the winter here; local athletics is in danger of missing out on high performance practice because of the lack of facilities, which is the case during the winter months. The outdoor track is completely iced up during winter, the climate here really limits what we are able to do training wise, so we have to look at getting a proper indoor track and field facility.
Training in the gym while competing with basketball for space is always a battle. We would be grateful if we are able to be provided the indoor track and field facility.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? Sign the petition, share on Facebook, spread the word or write an email/letter to your elected officials.
An indoor 200m track will facilitate a number of sports for training and competitions. This will give athletes the facilities they need to continue to grow their talent during the cold and icy months. The indoor track could be used year round as a center for Athletics. Regularly scheduled sport tournaments would generate a significant amount of revenue. In addition, such a facility would create jobs by staffing Instructors to accommodate many Health and Fitness activities for all ages. Building costs are extremely affordable now and as the economy recovers, costs will rise accordingly. This plan will increase our county revenue immediately and for years to come.
This is not a new idea we just want it to be done now with no strings attached:
“A call from some Nassau residents for a new indoor facility that would hold various sporting and other events has prompted County officials to propose such a $5 million building as part of the $400 million it hopes to borrow for a new Coliseum and minor league ballpark. If voters approve borrowing the $400 million on August 1, the County plans to use $5 million of the money to build a 90,000-square-foot multipurpose facility for track and field events and conventions, Deputy County Executive Rob Walker said.”
This petition calls for funding to be made available to build an indoor athletics track in the county. This facility can be located at Valley Stream National Park, Eisenhower Park or located behind the Omni Building on the Mitchel Field property. It would include an artificial turf field and a six-lane track. Currently it’s certainly difficult to train in the winter here; local athletics is in danger of missing out on high performance practice because of the lack of facilities, which is the case during the winter months. The outdoor track is completely iced up during winter, the climate here really limits what we are able to do training wise, so we have to look at getting a proper indoor track and field facility.
Training in the gym while competing with basketball for space is always a battle. We would be grateful if we are able to be provided the indoor track and field facility.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? Sign the petition, share on Facebook, spread the word or write an email/letter to your elected officials.