A&M San Antonio Celebrates Opening of Track and Field Complex
Texas A&M University-San Antonio recently celebrated the grand opening of its new Track and Field Complex, marking a major milestone in the University’s continued transformation into a destination campus and positioning Jaguar Athletics for its largest expansion to date.
Special guests at the Friday, June 26, ceremony included A&M-San Antonio President Salvador Hector Ochoa, Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai, and Bexar County Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores.
The University broke ground on the complex in February 2025 with the support of a $10 million investment from Bexar County. The facility features an eight-lane competition track, a multipurpose field, and a renovated softball field complete with a press box, dugouts and seating for 350 spectators.
Former Charlotte Hornet Kemba Walker Opens Youth Sports Academy
On Friday evening, food trucks and vendors filled the parking lot of the newly opened Kemba Walker Sports Academy in downtown Concord.
The facility features eight middle school basketball courts, four high school basketball courts and eight volleyball courts. Additional features include a team room for video review, along with a strength and conditioning center.
Walker, a former Charlotte Hornets player, was joined by his family, Concord Mayor Steve Morris and former teammates Jeremy Lamb and Shabazz Napier. Walker, who is now a player enhancement coach for the Hornets, told WFAE there’s a bigger point to having a facility available for the local youth.
Savannah, Ga., Breaks Ground on New Recreation Center
The property at 218 Windsor Road in Savannah has always been a haven for recreation, from scores of splashes at a community pool in the 1960s to the chorus of wheels on pavement at the former Woody’s Skate Park roughly a decade ago.
But since the demolition of the skate park’s building in 2018, the site has been vacant concrete. Next year, recreation returns.
The City of Savannah ceremonially broke ground on a future Windsor Forest Community Center at the site Wednesday morning, eyeing completion of the facility by the end of 2027. The groundbreaking ushers in the next phase of an over 10-year effort to secure a new, permanent community center in one of southside Savannah’s core neighborhoods.
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