Henderson County Soccer Assoc has new home [Update]

Location of Jake's Driving Range (Google Maps)

Update: The story is now online:

...The [Henderson County Soccer Association], which has been trying for years to find a home for fields to serve some 1,500 young soccer players and their families, plans to build the park without taxpayer support, said Dr. John Strickland, a Hendersonville dentist who is president of the association. It's received a startup boost with a $50,000 pledge from Park Ridge Health.

"Everything with the park is going to be done with private or corporate donations," he said. "We're trying to get field sponsors. We want to try to do it on our own and help the soccer community without any bite being taken out of the city or county budget." The driving range became another victim of the bad economy and a drop in golf's popularity....

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Reported in the print edition of the Hendersonville Lightning (sorry, no link), the Henderson County Soccer Association has leased the land that was Jake's Driving Range from Mike Justice. The association plans to build a 22-acre soccer park using private and corporate donations and without taxpayer funds. Park Ridge Health has already signed on as a primary sponsor. The soccer association hopes to add walking trails, a playground and picnic area for use by soccer families.

The article did not say how many soccer fields would be built or whether lights for night play are anticipated. Looking at the location (5423 Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville, NC), I see it's not too far from an I-26 exit and looks like it's surrounded by commercial space and farmland so it seems to be a location that could work for them.