ESP Encountered "Challenges" With Miracle League Field Plans

Extra Special People has run into some obstacles that it must overcome as it sets in motion its plans to build a Miracle League Field at Harris Shoals Park in Watkinsville, Laura Whitaker, executive director of the organization, said earlier this month.

The project is going to require more money than originally anticipated, Whitaker told a gathering of the Watkinsville Garden Club meeting at Harris Shoals Park.

In addition, the Georgia Department of Transportation has said it will require a turn lane into the entrance to the park that ESP had planned to create for access to the Miracle League Field and other planned facilities.

Whitaker said investment in that turn lane would be a waste of resources as it would be torn up in the future when Experiment Station Road is widened to four lanes from U.S. 441 to Main Street in downtown Watkinsville.

At its Aug. 21 meeting, the Watkinsville City Council extended the ESP Letter of Intent for 90 days to November 6, 2019, so the city and the organization can work out the details of the partnership for operation of the Miracle League Field and related facilities.

For more on the story, with a video of Whitaker’s presentation to the Watkinsville Garden Club, please go to Oconee County Observations.