East Manatee residents protest county's youth baseball field plans

Manatee County is planning to build three youth baseball fields at Country Club East Park next year.


  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • | 5:00 a.m. September 2, 2025
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Rain drives the protest against the Little League fields inside the Lakewood Ranch Library for a photo, but library supervisor Tiffany Mautino wants it noted that protests are not allowed inside the library.
Rain drives the protest against the Little League fields inside the Lakewood Ranch Library for a photo, but library supervisor Tiffany Mautino wants it noted that protests are not allowed inside the library.
Photo by Lesley Dwyer
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While Manatee County hosted a workshop Aug. 18 at the Lakewood Ranch Library in east Manatee County to discuss three upcoming projects — baseball fields at Country Club East Park, soccer fields at Premier Park and the Cortez Marina Boat Ramp — the baseball fields were the most hotly debated project by far. 

The county plans to convert the current multi-use field at Country Club East Park into three youth baseball fields. The fields will include bleachers, dugouts, backstops, perimeter fencing and expanded parking. 

 

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