ripkendesign.com - News http://ripkendesign.com/ Infinity Site Manager en-us Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:18:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=26 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:22:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=27 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:50:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=25  By: Caroline Perry 10/17/2012 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:12:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=24 Thu, 28 Jun 2012 08:15:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=23 New multi-purpose field will serve as the only all turf, high school softball field in the Baltimore-metropolitan area. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:18:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=22 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:26:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=21 Ripken Design wins high-profile project to develop multi-use outdoor sports & events center in Downtown Hagerstown Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:58:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=20 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:52:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=18 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:00:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=19 Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:51:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=17 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:14:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=16 @font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Update 3/16/2011: Watch Video of the Live Segment on KCRA Sacramento Granite Bay, Calif. – What started as a simple online ZIP code nomination by area-resident Marie Kennedy became a boon for local baseball teams when a Lakeside Little League field was chosen as one of five winners of Chevrolet’s Building Diamonds and Dreams program.     Local winner Marie Kennedy selected the Lakeside Little League to be the beneficiary of the field renovation.  Lakeside Little League uses Ronald Feist Park, a multi-field baseball/softball complex owned and maintained by Placer County.   The 2010 Building Diamonds and Dreams program, sponsored by Chevrolet and The Scotts Company, was an online promotion where fans of local youth baseball teams nominated their community for a chance to win a field makeover.  Five winners were drawn from all entries and the winners chose the youth league of their choice to receive the professional field renovation.    The refurbishments focused on the aesthetics and playability of the field by providing Major League quality materials for the renovation. For the Coker-Ewing field at Feist Park, the makeover included a reconstructed pitcher’s mound, new infield skin, re-cut base paths, new home plate and bases, drainage installation, new coaches’ boxes, and other upgrades.  Renovations were completed in November of 2010 by Ripken Design, the sports design and consulting firm owned by National Baseball Hall of Famer, Cal Ripken, Jr. and 12-year Major League Baseball veteran, Bill Ripken.  Construction partner FIELDS, Inc. served as the contractor for the field renovations.   Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:48:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=15 Construction has been completed on a youth field located on the site of Baltimore's famed Memorial Stadium.  The $1.5 Million sports park will be gifted to the YMCA of Central Maryland by the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation on Tuesday, December 7, 2010.  It marks the first of five field renovations that Ripken Design and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation are working on in Baltimore City.  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:09:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=14 Chevrolet and the Scotts Company have chosen Ripken Design for it's "Building Diamonds and Dreams" field renovation program.  Ripken Design will administer the renovations, which will occur in five (5) communities nationwide in the months of October and November. Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:53:00 http://www.ripkendesign.com/news/?article_id=13 CAL RIPKEN, SR. FOUNDATION BREAKS GROUND ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PARK AT MEMORIAL STADIUM SITE   Multi-Purpose Field First of Multiple Development Parks Planned for Baltimore City   BALTIMORE, Md. – The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation broke ground at home plate today on a youth development park at  the site of Memorial Stadium.  This is the first of multiple parks that are planned for Baltimore City. The Ripken Foundation, in partnership with the Y of Central Maryland, raised $1.5 Million for the project, which intends to serve as a model for other multi-purpose sports synthetic surface fields planned for Baltimore City, as well as other cities around the United States. This initiative is part of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation’s “Swing for the Future” campaign, which was developed to provide at-risk youth in urban neighborhoods safe places to play and learn.  The Foundation partners with local communities and organizations in each city it will be building these facilities in.  The goal is to develop several unique, multi-purpose, low maintenance facilities that will provide a cohesive recreational and educational experience for underserved young people across the United States. The first field to be developed for Baltimore City will be constructed at 900 East 33rd Street, the site of Memorial Stadium which opened in 1920 and closed at the end of the NFL regular season on December 14, 1997.  The project is in partnership with the Y of Central Maryland, which opened at the site in 2005 and is the State’s largest YMCA facility.    “This magnificent project will serve as our flagship site for all future Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation parks throughout the country,” said Steve Salem, Executive Director of the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation.  “We have received tremendous support from the state and the city of Baltimore, as well as a number of significant corporate partners.  Without their support we would not be here today. The fact that we successfully raised these funds during such a difficult economic time is not only a testament to what Bill, Cal and the Ripken Foundation stands for, but also to the wonderful community and residents of Baltimore”. When the project is completed the Y of Central Maryland will manage and maintain the property.  The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation will continue to utilize the field and implement character education programming and clinics, including Badges for Baseball, a multi-faceted mentoring program that partners with local law enforcement as coaches and mentors to at-risk youth. “We are delighted to partner with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation, and Bill and Cal Ripken, to bring back the joy of sports and community to the former Memorial Stadium field site,” said John Hoey, President and CEO of the Y of Central Maryland.  “There’s no one better that we could team up with than a foundation that espouses and exemplifies the same set of core values as the Y.  Adding the Cal Ripken, Sr. Field at the Y to the assets already available at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Family Center Y at Stadium Place means that the children and youth of Baltimore have a wonderful and productive place to learn, grow and play all in one place.”                Along with supporting The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation’s baseball and softball themed programs, each Youth Development Park will aim to encourage and support physical fitness activities for the entire community by including features such as a running/walking track and multiple exercise/character education stations that will deliver a Cal Ripken, Sr. message about leadership, respect, and teamwork.  The sites will also be equipped with picnic pavilions and play areas for younger children. About the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation uses baseball and softball themed programs to help build character and teach critical life lessons to disadvantaged youth residing in America’s most distressed communities.  Founded in 2001 by members of the Ripken family in memory of their patriarch Cal, Sr., the Foundation works to create programs that positively impact disadvantaged youth through active community partnerships with America’s most successful youth service organizations.