Park and Rec backs lacrosse wall funding

Park and Recreation Commission · Meeting of August 17, 2026

SUDBURY — The Sudbury Park and Recreation Commission voted to back a privately funded lacrosse wall and a Liberty Ledge land-use statement. Commissioners approved both items 5-0 at the August 17 meeting, with Chair Mara Huston, Laurie Eliason, Robert "Bobby" Beagan, Ryan Poteat and William Atkeson all voting yes. Resident Zach Kaufman said his group can fund the three-panel, 16-foot lacrosse wall at Haskell Field "entirely privately," with "no need for CPC funds." The commission also adopted a statement urging the Select Board and Community Preservation Committee to protect recreational programming at the 44-acre former Camp Siwataro property.

Huston said she will file three Community Preservation Committee requests this fall totaling roughly $1.3 million to $2.3 million, including $250,000 for a Haskell fitness court and a placeholder of $1 million to $2 million for Davis Field construction. Members debated adding artificial turf at Haskell but took no vote, with Beagan arguing "let them vote" at town meeting instead.

In the full story:

• Director's update: staffing, mosquitoes and a regional study
• Liaison reports
• Liberty Ledge / Camp Siwataro support statement
• Artificial turf discussion at Haskell Field
• Capital planning: Featherland and Feeley courts, CPC applications
• Lacrosse wall at Haskell Field
• Open Space and Recreation Plan survey and minutes process
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 3,110 words

Source: the Park and Recreation Commission meeting of August 17, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.