{"id":259616,"date":"2026-05-05T19:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259616\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T19:30:09","slug":"jacksonville-to-begin-constructing-all-inclusive-baseball-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/259616\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville to begin constructing all-inclusive baseball field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) &#8211; An all-inclusive youth baseball field is set to open in an Eastern Carolina city by the end of this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jacksonville has announced that construction on the \u201cInspiration Field\u201d will begin on Friday and is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The new field will be at the former skatepark within the Commons Recreation Complex and feature a rubber surface, so that children of all abilities can participate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The city will also build a shelter pavilion and new walking trails to expand amenities for visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The project will total $1.2 million, with a $500,000 grant from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund and other city funds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis project represents our commitment to creating spaces where every child has the opportunity to play, connect, and thrive,\u201d said Susan Baptist, Director of Recreation. \u201cWe are excited to provide a facility that truly reflects the spirit of inclusion and community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WITN. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WITN) &#8211; An all-inclusive youth baseball field is set to open in an Eastern Carolina city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[37671,67491,26195,112390,3816,102614,187,9024,112394,1127,8738,112391,112392,116,118,117,4481,1854,112396,5204,112395,112393,112397,4480,9889],"class_list":["post-259616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-ada","tag-all-inclusive","tag-ball","tag-ball-field","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-field","tag-city","tag-city-of-jacksonville","tag-commons-recreation-complex","tag-construction","tag-field","tag-inclusive","tag-inspiration-field","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-nc","tag-north-carolina","tag-parks-and-recreation-trust-fund","tag-project","tag-rubber","tag-skatepark","tag-susan-baptist","tag-witn","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}