![]() ![]() The NFL's grant money "put us over the finish line" on the turf portion of the project, Lloyd said. "I love our grass field and I'd always tell people, 'It's one of the best grass fields in the area,' and they'd say, 'Jim, it's one of the only grass fields in the area.' " "We were hopeful, because we're one of the only schools that still has grass," Lloyd said. Lloyd and two community residents, Susan Linder and Joe Singleton, wrote the grant application and the district encouraged residents to write letters of support. Olmsted Falls is one of just two schools in Cleveland's Southwestern Conference that still has a grass field - Amherst is the other - and the community has spent the last few years raising private money for stadium improvements that will cost between $900,000 and $1 million. ![]() So to have my favorite NFL team help our dream come true, it's just really cool." "I've even got my basement decked out in Browns gear. "I'm a huge NFL fan and a lifelong, die-hard Browns fan," Lloyd said. Overall, the NFL awarded $6 million to community organizations, schools and parks in the league's 30 markets. That's how the Olmsted Falls superintendent found out his school was getting a $250,000 grant from the National Football League and the Local Initiatives Support Corp. Jim Lloyd got a big home-field victory from the Cleveland Browns. ![]()
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