City Council Follow Up

From Coach G...

Thanks to everyone who made Monday's meeting at City Hall! We have a lot of work to do still. We need for every single coach, parent and player to send an email to the City Council and Mayor. The email should support the City approving the financial request from Dr. Keen to help us get the new stadium started. We want all of the emails to be original, but the more the merrier. One family is encouraged to send multiple emails. Some suggestions are to write about our severe need for a new stadium, how a new stadium could positively affect other sports and band, and how speeding up the building process will help Westfield's economic development.

Please support us by sending the council and mayor an email. We have to show our support in numbers. Our players and managers need and deserve this and this is a win-win for our program and the city.

Lastly, mark your calendars for May 12th. We will need everyone to attend the City Council meeting at City Hall at 7pm. At this meeting we will find out the council's decision.

Mayor Cook's email address is: acook@westfield.in.gov

All council members can be reached via one email address: councilmembers@westfield.in.gov

Go Rocks!,

Coach Gilbert

If you're still looking for ideas to write about, another suggestion is to relate a favorite memory from the current stadium. Let them see how much a stadium, ANY stadium, touches and shapes the experience of a community. A bigger, newer stadium can safely accommodate more people, which means even more memories!

We fully believe we're investing not just in the team or school, but in the community at large. Early memories of attending varsity football games are what drove many of us coaches to keep playing. We all, at one time, looked forward to playing under the lights on Friday nights. 

An investment now can shape the memories and experiences of generations to come. There are a lot of very good, very logical reasons for a new stadium. But even if you don't understand or are not interested in any of those, I would guess that you have a fond memory to relate. Sharing those priceless memories will certainly stick in the minds of policy makers.