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June 2010, Sports Facilities
Home Depot Grant Aids Elizabeth City Facilities
The Home Depot has announced a $50,000 grant will be awarded to Elizabeth City State University for its participation in the Retool Your School grant contest that pitted ECSU against 62 other historically black colleges and universities. Elizabeth City is a member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
In order to compete, colleges and universities submitted environmentally-friendly campus improvement project proposals explaining how they would spend the $50,000 major grant, or one of the ten $10,000 minor grants. ECSU called on students, staff, faculty, alumni and community supporters to vote online this past spring. ECSU's goal was to win the $50,000 grant to create a baseball field using land previously donated for ECSU athletics. In its proposal, university officials explained that the current baseball facilities are less than desirable for a collegiate level team. To read more, click here.