Edgewood University starts work on $30 million Fitchburg athletics campus
SABINE MARTIN
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KIMBERLY WETHAL, STATE JOURNAL
Edgewood College is planning to construct a new athletics and wellness facility after purchasing 40 acres of farmland in Fitchburg. The proposed facility would move most of the college's outdoor teams to one location, where the college would have control over practice schedules, unbeholden t…
FITCHBURG — Five days a week during the winter months, Edgewood University senior Hayden Hellenbrand and his baseball teammates carpool about 30 minutes to Greg Reinhard Baseball Academy in Windsor for practice.
Project renderings greet attendees at a groundbreaking ceremony for Edgewood University’s future Athletics and Wellness Campus in Fitchburg. Construction will be done in phases, but the university aims to have the new baseball and softball fields ready by spring 2028.
A rendering of Edgewood’s future athletics campus shows how the shared track, soccer and lacrosse field and track will look once construction is completed.
Margret O’Brien, whose family members owned the former farm that will become Edgewood University’s new Athletics and Wellness Campus, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the project in Fitchburg. Listening to the remarks at right is Andrew Manion, president of the university.
Representatives from Edgewood University, the city of Fitchburg and area design, engineering and construction firms participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for Edgewood University’s new Athletics and Wellness Campus in Fitchburg last week.
Representatives from Edgewood University, the city of Fitchburg and area design, engineering and construction firms participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for Edgewood University’s new Athletics and Wellness Campus in Fitchburg last week.
Project renderings greet attendees at a groundbreaking ceremony for Edgewood University’s future Athletics and Wellness Campus in Fitchburg. Construction will be done in phases, but the university aims to have the new baseball and softball fields ready by spring 2028.
Margret O’Brien, whose family members owned the former farm that will become Edgewood University’s new Athletics and Wellness Campus, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the project in Fitchburg. Listening to the remarks at right is Andrew Manion, president of the university.
A rendering of Edgewood’s future athletics campus shows how the shared track, soccer and lacrosse field and track will look once construction is completed.
