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City Inks deal with Riverside Minor Baseball for new Miracle League diamond

CTV Windsor Published Tuesday, October 17, 2017 11:03AM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, October 17, 2017 9:41PM EDT

Council approved the plan for the community of Riverside to be the home of a new Miracle League baseball diamond on Monday, June 19, 2017. (Rich Garton / CTV Windsor)

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Riverside is one step closer to getting a fully accessible Miracle League baseball diamond.

City council has agreed to lease the land needed for the field at St. Rose Park along Wyandotte Street East.

Construction is slated to begin in the Spring, with a goal of launching the Miracle League in September.

Relocation of the cenotaph and construction of new parking lots is also part of the project.

The city will lease the land to the Riverside Minor Baseball Association for $1 per year for the next 10 years. There’s an option to renew that lease for another 25 years when that agreement comes to an end.

Bill Kell from RMBA says they have already raised $750,000 of the $2.4-million needed to build the baseball park.

For more information or to donate to the project head to riversidemiraclepark.ca.