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You are here: Home / Community / Lambert Expresses Gratitude for East Ridge Stadium Funding

Lambert Expresses Gratitude for East Ridge Stadium Funding

May 23, 2016 By Dick Cook 0 Comments

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Brent Lambert

In the wake of the Hamilton County School Board’s action to fund renovations at Raymond James Stadium, East Ridge Mayor Brent Lambert issued a press release showing his appreciation.

“I would like to express my personal appreciation, and that of our entire city, to the Hamilton County School Board for its decision to fund new seating at Raymond James Stadium at East Ridge High School,” Mayor Lambert wrote in the release.

“Because the former stadium was condemned in August and razed in December of last year, it would have been easy to simply let this subject fade away.  However, the School Board and County Commission engaged in a deliberate, constructive dialogue on the issue that culminated in last week’s decision.  I especially want to thank our city’s representatives on those respective bodies, David Testerman and Tim Boyd, who were at the forefront of that dialogue.

“I believe that athletics and other extracurricular activities play an important role in the education and maturation of students.  They also serve as a rallying point for communities.  I feel certain the stadium issue has done just that in East Ridge; it has rallied generations of alumni and supporters to take an active interest again – to reconnect to our alma mater. 

“Again, I applaud those who weighed in on this decision and the lasting impact it will have on current and future students at East Ridge High School.”

Last Thursday the school board voted unanimously to take $913,600 from its fund balance to address issues with stadiums at seven high schools.

Those facilities that will be funded include East Ridge, Tyner and Howard, where there were major problems. Repairs are also slated for Ooltewah, Lookout Valley, Hixson and CSAS.

No timetable for construction at Shanks Field/Raymond James Stadium has been given.

 

Filed Under: Community, FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.


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