REDMOND, OR -- Redmond Schools celebrates the reopening of the Jaqua Sports Complex this weekend. 

Superintendent Charan Cline says the district and local businesses have done a lot in the past year to improve the 54-year-old fields, “We sold a piece of land to a manufacturing firm, a while back, and used those proceeds to put in turf.”

“It ends up being the largest piece of continuous turf in the state, we believe. It’s multi-sport: it can do football, and it can do lacrosse, baseball and softball,” said Dr. Cline who highlighted business contributions to the project, “We also got donations from Hayden Homes [and] installed field lights. We had partnerships with York Bros. Excavation and HA McCoy Engineering and Smith Rock Electric; all donated to create this wonderful space.”

The school district has owned the fields near Redmond High since 1968 and recent renovations were much needed, according to Cline, “It’s been something that we’ve maintained and we’ve watered, and we’ve used for community use. It’s not really a high school field. It’s more of kindergarten through grade eight. So, we decided to put a huge amount of resources into making it something really special.”

Saturday’s Grand Opening starts at 4 pm and includes a cornhole tournament and short ceremony, followed by Redmond Youth Football games.