City to get $2M for Little League fields

TUCUMCARI — The city of Tucumcari will receive $2 million from a state recreation fund that the city manager said will be used to improve its Little League fields and the Tucumcari Recreation Center.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s office last month announced $40 million in grants from the Regional Recreation Centers and Quality of Life Grants fund.

“Yes!” Tucumcari City Manager Paula Chacon said of news of the city’s grant award. “That’s great news.”

Chacon said the money would be used to improve the city’s Little League fields off South 14th Street. Hundreds of children in the Quay County Little League program use the fields each summer.