Grant to help with improvements at Kelly Fields

The City of Colfax recently received a Prairie Meadows Youth Sports and Recreation Grant, for a new playground at Kelly Fields. The $50,000 grant will allow for a playground that includes slides, swings, climbing walls and gaga ball pits.

Kelly Fields is home to Colfax’s little league baseball, softball and our soccer complex. The location of the proposed playground is perfectly accessible to the kids playing sports and their siblings. The proposed playground is next to an existing picnic shelter house. The City, for years, has identified this as a nearly ideal location for a playground.

These community fields are used intensely. One of the issues encountered by parents who bring multiple siblings to the games is that there is little to do for the siblings who tire of watching their brother or sister play baseball, softball or soccer.

Other improvements accomplished at Kelly Fields in addition to the new playground include a new path from the parking lot to the concession stand, fence repairs, tree planting, repairs to the concession stand, new flag poles and a lawn striper to beautify the outfields and soccer fields.

A March 2026 installation date is planned.