Approximately twenty years ago, Ravenna City Schools purchased an eighty acre undeveloped site consisting of grass meadow and gently rolling wooded terrain for a new high school and athletic complex. The subsequent deterioration of their existing athletic facilities forced the school board to proceed with the design and construction of the athletic complex prior to the high school.
E. G. & G., Inc. worked closely with school personnel (administration, teachers, coaches), city personnel and interested members of the community, and coordinated a team of professionals from multiple disciplines (landscape architects, architects, civil engineers, wetland specialists, school staff, and city personnel) in design and implementation of the project. The resulting athletic complex includes a state-of-the-art artificial turf football/soccer field and recycled rubber running track, ball fields, tennis courts and a cross-country course. The wetlands and detention basins are designed for outdoor learning labs. And the entire complex retains its "natural" look, complimented with select plantings.
In addition to providing much-needed facilities, the successful completion of the athletic complex has enhanced the self-image of the students and community and renewed interest in the building of a new high school.
