![]() ![]() Graham Field, completed in 2002, was the first Little League ballfield in Mount Airy. “But don’t get me wrong, Jordan was the first person to step into the wet concrete, getting his boots wet and moving it around - it was very impressive,” Raymer said. Raymer also expressed thanks to Blue Ridge Concrete for contributing to the project and members of Mount Airy’s public works staff for being alongside Jordan during the labor-intensive task. ![]() “These significant improvements will be utilized by our local Cal Ripken Baseball teams and other community youth taking batting practice,” Mount Airy Parks and Recreation Director Peter Raymer said last Thursday night when city officials recognized the scout’s efforts. Jordan, a North Surry High School senior, planned and organized the work, set footers and helped with the installation of two concrete slab floors in the batting cages at the ballfield on Jones School Road at the northern end of town. ![]() It involved a local youth, Jordan Inman, undertaking major improvements to batting cage facilities at Graham Field for his project to become an Eagle Scout. The local scout enlists the help of friends in carrying out the project at Graham Field, involving the installation of concrete slabs.īoy Scouts and baseball are important parts of the American fabric, and the two have come together through an effort in Mount Airy. ![]()
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