PROJECT EVERGREEN AND SFMA DELIVER A FREE PROFESSIONAL BALLFIELD RENOVATION AT PALM SPRINGS’ DEMUTH PARK BASEBALL FIELDS
Article Provided by Project EverGreen
Project EverGreen, members of the Sports Field Management Association (SFMA), and the City of Palm Spring Parks and Recreation Department teamed up on January 13 at Demuth Park in Palm Springs, California, to give the baseball fields at the city’s largest and most frequently used park a $40,000 makeover. Te park is one of more than a dozen the City of Palm Springs manages.
Volunteers graded the infield to remove all accumulated grass and topsoil.
Making the project’s opening presentation are (as shown from left to right), Scott Bills, Sports Field Solutions LLC/Project EverGreen Board President; Alpha Jones, SFMA President-Elect; Cindy Code, Project EverGreen Executive Director, and Nicholas Gonzalez, Director of Parks & Recreation, City of Palm Springs, California.
More than 75 professional volunteers joined forces to deliver a professionally renovated baseball field for aspiring youth athletes and neighborhood residents. More than 130,000 square feet of turfgrass and infield playing surfaces were renovated, providing athletes of all ages and the community with a safer, more accessible ballfield and recreation space they can call their own.
Tis incredible effort included expert sports field managers from throughout the nation, in town for the SFMA annual conference. In less than four hours, the ballfield was completely transformed, showcasing the power of collaboration and expertise.
“Transformations like these aren’t achieved by one person or group alone; it takes a community effort,” said Cindy Code, executive director of Project EverGreen. “In Palm Springs, we’ve seen firsthand how well-maintained athletic fields and recreation spaces can strengthen the social fabric, offering a safe and welcoming environment for people to compete, exercise, and connect outdoors.”
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Project EverGreen works with under-resourced communities to renovate, maintain and make more accessible healthy playing fields, as well as to improve the environmental health of public green spaces. Green spaces, such as ballfields, act as the lungs of a city. Te 130,000 square feet of turf at Demuth Park’s baseball fields is responsible for sequestering nearly 65 thousand pounds of carbon from the air annually which produces nearly 98,000 cubic yards of clean air annually for the community using the park and neighboring the park.
Nicholas Gonzalez, director of parks and recreation for the City of Palm Springs, said the city is beyond grateful. “I want to thank Project EverGreen and the Sports Field Management Association, who gave their time, talent, and resources to transform our park,” said Gonzalez. “Tis gift is meaningful to our community who will continue to enjoy this space and create lasting memories with family and friends.”
TPI member West Coast Turf provided the sod for this field renovation project. TPI Turf News March/April 2025
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