New turf field project at Gardiner Area High School takes another step forward
The new Hoch Field could be ready by as early as this spring, school officials say.
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Gardiner athletic director Nate Stubbert, left, superintendent Pat Hopkins and school board chair Becky Fles clap as an excavator breaks ground on Hoch Field at Gardiner Area High School on Thursday. Construction on the field turf project had already started with the removal of football goalposts.
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GARDINER A project nearly two years in the making made a big step forward Thursday, as Gardiner Area High School broke ground on the new artificial turf playing surface at Hoch Field.
Gardiner High closing in on starting turf field construction at Hoch Field
School still short of fundraising goal, but has hopes of starting work in early 2021.
Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
Everything was lining up for the installation of a brand-new artificial turf at Gardiner Area High School last year. And then came delays. And logistical issues. And then COVID hit.
In April of 2019, the hopes were to start construction on the new facility at Hoch Field in May. The project still has not been completed, but Gardiner athletic director Nate Stubbert said the school is a fundraising push away from being able to start the work, with an optimistic target for the beginning of construction being either late December or January 2021.