When you visit the new ball field at Prairie Meadows Park, you can see the sidewalks, the bases and team benches and the backstop behind home plate. What you can’t see is how it changed the Heather Ridge neighborhood in nontangible ways.
Photos courtesy J Nour Photography
“I think we’re more proud to live where we live and of who our neighbors are,” said Emily Fink, one of the organizers who helped raise $165,000 to construct the new ballpark. “That’s the feeling that we got coming away from this. Sunday at the opening ceremony when we’re all together at the park, that’s going to be a real special moment.”
Sammons Field is located next to Journey Elementary School. Prairie Meadows Park is part of the city of Sioux Falls’ network of parks; the school is part of the Harrisburg School District.
The playing field was named for Sammons Financial Group. The insurance holding company’s member companies offer financial service and retirement products…