Work to install new artificial turf fields in Eclectic, Holtville and Tallassee will begin in earnest in October as part of the Phase 2 Quality of Life projects funded by the Elmore County Commission. All of the work is on property owned by the Elmore County Board of Education and Tallassee City Schools. Elmore County superintendent Richard Dennis said there was a meeting of county and school officials last week to project a timeline for the work. Engineering and surveying work is currently underway to allow the bid process to be completed by the beginning of September.

“It would likely start with the diamond fields,” Dennis said. “The work will start in October. After football season ends, they will start work on football fields at Eclectic and Holtville.”