By Riley Goldberg
Susan Street Recreation Complex Takes Shape in Leesburg
It may be a bunch of dirt now, but Leesburg Parks and Recreation is working with Kingdom Construction to reimagine the field area behind Marshall’s in Leesburg, which will become the Susan Street Recreation Complex.
“Progress is going relatively slow, but it’s going,” says head of Leesburg Parks and Recreation Travis Rima, “We’re in the final stages of working our permit out with the Army Corps engineers. As soon as we have that, the time frame will kick up a notch.”
Rima says the prospective end date of construction is currently Aug. 1, 2026.
The newly renovated recreation complex will have rugby-sized rectangular fields where sports like football, lacrosse and soccer can be played.
“Rugby fields are longer and wider than any other rectangle sport,” Travis says, “Our bread and butter is going to be football and soccer. Right now, we’re working with some national organizations for seven on seven football, but we’re really going to go after flag football, seven on seven football, soccer tournaments, lacrosse, we’ll be able to do all of those types of sports, anything that you can play on a rectangle field.”
The City of Leesburg plans on hosting league sports at this complex, when it is finished, for all ages. This means that children and adults will be able to participate in sports at this complex. The plan is also to bring in outside organizations, like local club teams, to use the fields.
The construction progress is expected to move forward smoothly with updates as construction continues.
Photos by Riley Goldberg and provided.
Born and raised in Leesburg Florida, Riley has always been immersed in the community. She received her Associates in Arts at Lake Sumter State College and is currently studying creative writing at the University of Central Florida.
While Riley is young and just starting this new journalistic road, she has excellent communication skills and is very excited to talk to new people and learn their stories.
When Riley isn't writing for the magazine or working at her other job as a physical therapy tech, she's writing for herself. As a student of creative writing, Riley enjoys crafting short stories, poetry, and novel-length works of fiction. She also likes to draw, sing, bake, play various sports, and watch sitcoms with her family.
