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The last couple of years have seen unprecedented progress at NEECA. At the beginning of 2022, the NEECA Board met to to decide what the short and long-term goals were for NEECA's continued development. It was determined that the installation of a Food Booth, followed by a well, were the two top priorities. We hoped to have them both done in 2-3 years. Once they were completed we planned to redo the footing in NEECA's warm-up ring since the current footing was too deep. We set a goal of having all of these relatively "big ticket" items completed within 5 years at the latest.
Well, fast forward barely 2 years later and we are beyond thrilled to report that all three of these goals have been accomplished, representing a $60,000 investment in NEECA's ongoing development! The new footing and gate were installed in the warm-up arena about 2 weeks ago (see pics above). All this was made possible by the fact that NEECA's event schedule and membership continues to grow and expand every year, helping to generate the funding needed for these important goals.
In addition to these major projects checked off our "to do" list, we were also able to increase the size of our driving arena, add obstacles to the Confidence Course, add speakers to the trailer parking driveway, install underground wiring to our existing speakers, and add new signage and trail markers.
We ended last year with a record setting 250 members, and we are on track to blow that number out of the water this year. We already have over 224 members signed up for 2024, and the most amazing thing of all is that 88 of them are BRAND NEW NEECA members, some of them from locations hours away! It looks like the good word is spreading fast now as people realize what a truly amazing organization and facility NEECA has become.
It can't be stated often enough that NEECA is an All-Volunteer organization and that everything that has been accomplished up there is due to the hard work and dedication of countless members over the years, representing thousands and thousands of volunteer hours. We are proud of our past accomplishments and look forward eagerly to what is yet to be!!
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