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Last updated on Tuesday, May 15, 2018
(AUSTIN) - Austin Community Park received at $50,000 grant from Major League Baseball and Scotts Lawn Care to redo the Ellsworth W. Chandler Ball Field.
Several areas and cities across the country applied, and four were chosen as finalists, including Kansas City, New Jersey and Los Angeles. But after online votes were cast - Austin was declared the winner.
The grant money will pay for new clay, infield sod and drainage.
Construction on the field is scheduled to begin at the end of the month and should be completed by mid-June.
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