Esko fields get shiny new parking lot to match

The Esko sports fields that were redone only a few years ago now have a beautiful new parking lot to match. Over the spring and summer, workers tore down the old bus barn that used to sit in the middle of the gravel parking lot off Canosia Road and built a new bus garage in the northwest corner of the Esko business park. That freed up lots of space for parking in the newly paved lot adjacent to the athletic complex, which features locker rooms and a concession stand, fields for football, soccer, baseball and softball, along with skating rinks in the winter. The anticipated cost of the parking lot project was $862,000, and the base cost of the building was estimated at $317,000 before construction began.