News & Events 2006-2007

Campus Construction Projects Begin

Blair Academy’s plans to enhance and expand its campus, as well as its activity and athletic facilities, are now underway. In a message to parents this week, Headmaster Chan Hardwick explained, “The result of our first phase of construction – clearing the fields –[is] evident, looking like a Texas twister veered into rural New Jersey. We have made adjustments in our spring track and tennis programs to accommodate the significant work that needs to be done, and the completion date for the outdoor projects is set for August 20, 2007, so that the fall athletic season will not be compromised.”

Plans call for a new all-weather turf football field to be open and ready for the fall 2007 season. Headmaster Hardwick said, “Though primarily serving football, this all-weather field will allow many teams, including boys’ and girls’ soccer and lacrosse, to utilize the space. The addition of lighting will bring night games to Blair, so that the whole community can come to a football, field hockey or lacrosse game, much as it does now for basketball in the winter.”

He also commented on other enhancements. “Plans call for a new all-weather track to replace our current cinder track, new tennis courts, a junior varsity baseball field, and at least one additional practice field. We shall also move the seventh fairway of the golf course slightly west to make room for this expansion. Finally, a new ‘loop road’ will create a pedestrian-only center of campus.”

Updated 5/03/07

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