Dear Grant Community,

I am excited to give you this update on the Grant softball fields.  The District overcame its final obstacle in June of this year when a land-use hearing officer ruled in our favor against an attempt to block our upper field improvement plan to renovate the upper field to co-house softball with soccer and baseball. 

The design (see below) is complete and plans have been approved by the school board and we anticipate beginning construction in November. While I am sorry for the construction this fall, I am beyond thrilled to have the Grant Women’s Softball team on campus to practice and play games. 

The Grant Upper Field Improvement project involves the addition of a softball field and field lighting at 2245 NE 36th Avenue between the Grant Bowl and Grant High School to create a competitive high quality home field for the Grant High School women’s softball team. The overall goal of the project is to provide a safe, and well-functioning sports facility to support softball and other sports at Grant, through the addition of lights and infrastructure to host athletic practices and games.  The facility is co-owned with Portland Parks & Recreation and the facility will be permitted to members of the public when not in use by the school. Portland Parks and Recreation use is primarily geared towards youth soccer and little league teams.

I am already looking forward to our first game on the new field!

Thank you,

James McGee