New Soccer Pitch Coming To McDonough, Georgia!
The Southern Crescent Soccer Foundation is excited to announce the groundbreaking of the mini-pitch to be this March with the pitch being fully finished in mid-2025!
The Southern Crescent Soccer Foundation (SCSF) is proud to announce that they have been named as one of the recipients of the GA 100 Initiative Grant from Atlanta United Community Fund in partnership with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the nation’s leading community development support organization. This grant will allow for the mini-pitch in Alexander Park to be completed in mid-2025 with the initial groundbreaking set for March on the site of a former community swimming pool covered and filled with concrete following the federal desegregation efforts in the American South. This tactic was very common across the American South as a means to slow or stop the desegregation of public spaces such as swimming pools, public parks, and many more spaces that have been destroyed post-1960s.
The Alexander Park Mini-Pitch has been a hugely successful private-public partnership with the city of McDonough, Southern Crescent Soccer Foundation, SoccerDownHere, and so many incredible community businesses and leaders. With these efforts, this private funding campaign will now finish with the matching funds from the GA 100 Initiative Grant paving the way for this new public mini-pitch that will host pick-up soccer leagues, afterschool programs, and so much more!
Located on the historic site of a former municipal swimming pool, which was closed and filled in post-desegregation, the establishment of the mini-pitch is symbolic of McDonough's forward movement. By transforming a site with a complex past into a vibrant space for a multicultural sport, the city highlights its commitment to celebrating the diversity of its youth and citizens. The mini pitch is not just a sports facility, it is a beacon of progress enhanced by the beautiful game. It will provide more opportunities for kids to play soccer and will get them active while also developing social skills and bringing the community closer together.
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