Colony Road Multi-use Fields Proposal

Parks and Recreation Commision has been looking for land to locate multi-use sports fields for dozen of years. During the fall of 2020 the town acquired parcels of land (Parcels 65-4, 67-18, and 65-9) situated at the end of Colony Road in Westminster as part of a tax foreclosure judgement.  The three parcels acquired by the town are an estimated 53 acres, though most of it had been identified as protected wetland area.  The area that has been identified by the commission for potential multiuse fields are about 14 acres on the backside of the property, which abuts property belonging to Department of Fish and Game and on the other side of the power lines. The driveway into the potential fields would follow the Westminster/Gardner town line to access the rear parcel. At this time the commission is working with engineers to identify how many multi-use fields could be built on the usable area. The multi-use fields would be used by local youth recreational leagues for soccer, football, lacrosse, field hockey, cheering and other sports.  We are also looking to create a perimeter walking path, along with a fieldhouse and storage.  Once a plan has been created, the commission will attempt to identify if there are grants available for the project and identify potential donors.

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At the present time Westminster has very limited access to town owned multiuse fields for our youth and public sports.  Our youth sports leagues have to share limited field times at our schools or travel outside our community. There is only one true game field available at Oakmont Regional High School which is in high demand.