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Dacon’s work on the new Boston Sports Institute in Natick received Metl-Span’s Building of the Month Award.  This 130,000sf professional grade facility encompasses sports functions and related commercial businesses in a communal environment.  Managing demands from multiple interior environments was a key factor in overall design and material selections. The exterior wall assembly was based…

Project Connect organized a fundraiser volleyball tournament Friday, Dec. 6 for The Ellie Fund. The night of volleyball began at 7 p.m. and ended at 2:30 a.m. The tournament consisted of 21 teams playing, with three divisions. Project Connect is a local nonprofit based out of the South Shore, founded by Jazna Stannard and Sierra…

SCARBOROUGH, Maine, April 29, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The Downs development team, Crossroads Holdings LLC, today announces that ESG Associates Inc., a company specializing in recreational developments, has signed an agreement to pursue an athletic venue at The Downs. The Scarborough facility could include pools, ice rinks, indoor and outdoor fields, spectator areas, and other activity space. Currently, EDGE Sports Group…

The Versatility of Insulated Metal Panels Drives Sport Facility’s Efficient Design in Suburban Boston Sports facilities are unique environments that face varying environmental conditions from both within and outside the structure. In evaluating building materials, client and builder seek proven solutions for meeting environmental requirements, codes and long-term durability without forsaking the art of design. Enter…

WELLESLEY, Mass. — For people with physical disabilities simple tasks can be major challenges. They plan ahead for everything. Even sports designed for athletes with disabilities can create obstacles. “We have enough to adapt to in life,” said sled hockey player Brian Bardel. “We tend not to think about it and just overcome.” But, there’s a…

When the brand-new Boston Sports Institute in Wellesley, Mass., opens its doors this month, one of the primary amenities — the pool — will have already been around for seven years. That pool, the subject of a 2012 story in this magazine was purchased by Boston’s Charles River Aquatics after being used in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.…

Boston Sports Institute Wellesley, MA 2020 Project Description OLYMPIC PEDIGREE Among the many features of the Boston Sports Institute, perhaps none is more famous than the pool. Used in the 2012 Olympic swimming trials, the pool was reconfigured by the team of Weston & Sampson Engineers, EDGE Sports Group and Myrtha Pools before being installed in…

Wellesley, MA – The Wellesley Sports Center and its managing partner ESG Associates (EDGE Sports Group) announced today that Steward Health Care has acquired naming rights for the new sports complex, and will serve as its physical therapy, strength, and conditioning partner. The facility, scheduled to open this summer, will be named the Boston Sports Institute,…

Many municipalities, schools and colleges offering sports programs are finding themselves in a facilities crunch. Often, their existing facility is in dire need of an upgrade, and their needs may have changed since their current facility was constructed. Maybe facility management is not their strong suit and they would prefer to hand their future build…

Sports Complex Planned at The Downs in Scarborough The year-round athletic venue will feature a combination of amenities, including pools, ice rinks and indoor fields    April 23, 2019 – SCARBOROUGH, Maine – The Downs development team, Crossroads Holdings LLC, today announces that ESG Associates Inc., a company specializing in recreational developments, has signed an…

THAYER– The question “When will Thayer Academy have its own home ice hockey rink?” can now be definitively answered: by mid-summer. The Thayer Sports Center, built and operated by the Edge Group on land leased from Thayer, is nearing completion at the South Athletic Campus. It will house one and a half ice sheets along…

WELLESLEY — Communities often dream of creating new indoor athletic facilities to benefit children, adults, and high school teams. It took the closing of St. James the Great Church — and several years of planning — for such a dream to be realized in Wellesley. Next spring, a sparkling facility is scheduled to open with…

The Wellesley Board of Selectmen has approved the ground lease for 900 Worcester St., former site of the St. James the Great church. The next step is a Special Town Meeting on April 3. The Townsman asked Meghan Jop, Wellesley’s assistant executive director, to bring readers up to date on what’s been going on with…

WORCESTER — Three years after his plan to have a hockey rink built in the parking lot near the Worcester Public Library failed, Craig L. Blais, president and chief executive of the Worcester Business Development Corporation believes he’s found a more suitable location in the Canal District. Mr. Blais said the WBDC has been negotiating…

Massachusetts State Sen. Mike Barrett (D-Lexington) presents a Senate citation to the US women’s Olympic hockey team, which trained at The Edge in Bedford. Courtesy image On a frigid January evening weeks before the Sochi Olympic Games, State Sen. Mike Barrett praised the US women’s national hockey team as “role models” and “leaders.” The team,…

BEDFORD — Outside the Edge Sports Center, it’s an unseasonably warm November afternoon. Inside, 25 hockey players in red, white, and blue practice jerseys dream of cold, gray Russian winter days. They skate through drill after drill, slapping their sticks on the ice for good play and goals scored. They go for nearly 2½ hours,…

The Bedford Boy Scouts Troop 194 held its inaugural Charity Cup Challenge Saturday at The EDGE Sports Center, featuring a hockey game between the Bedford Police, Fire & DPW All-Stars and the Bedford EDGErs. The final score was 7-4, in favor of the EDGErs but the real winners are Troop 194’s charities: The American Legion…

Bedford High School varsity hockey practice began earlier this week, as it has for decades on the first Monday after Thanksgiving. Not much new in that – except this marks the start of a new era for the sport, its players, families and fans, and the greater community. Do you recall that scene in “The…

Hockey games running from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. this past weekend were a welcome sight for Brian DeVellis and Scott Fusco, who had become accustomed to the ongoing construction that has allowed The EDGE Sports Center of Bedford to open in time for high school hockey season. “You know, it’s just a big relief…

Just six months ago, The Edge Sports Center of Bedford was an idea, well, two ideas, really. Now, the brainchild of Brian DeVellis and Scott Fusco, the gaudy steel skeleton across from Raytheon on Hartwell Road more closely resembles an athletic complex with each passing day. DeVellis a Bedford resident, and developer by trade, identified…

STRATHAM — It was up on a rise overlooking an old cornfield and a shag bark hickory tree that golf great Arnold Palmer met the members of the Golf Club of New England. The event, held under a white tent to shade the 150 guests from the sweltering sun, was billed as a ground-breaking for…