The Maupin Area Chamber Endowment is fundraising to build a world class track and recreation facility in rural Maupin, Oregon. The Deschutes River Athletic Complex will be a world class facility in an extremely unique environment and location.
Holly Miles experienced first hand the challenges of using a cinder track for her and her teammates. She grew tired of dumping cinder out of her shoes, practicing only two hurdles at a time on the rubber long jump runway (to avoid spraining her ankles), and practicing the high jump on grass. She waited patiently for each weekly track meet, so she could run a full hurdle race and high jump on regulation surfaces that were safe for her team. “Why don’t we just get a ‘real’ track?” Holly asked her parents one day after practice. Soon, Holly started talking to people around the community. Turned out that the possibility of a regulation track in Maupin, the Deschutes River Athletic Complex, was exciting to many in the community, not just Holly and her family.
