Groundbreaking celebrated for Sugar Grove’s Top-Pick Athletics

SUGAR GROVE – Village officials on Thursday celebrated the groundbreaking of Top-Pick Athletics Co., a business that has outgrown its facility in North Aurora.

“We’re really excited to be here in Sugar Grove,” partner Perry Clark said to a crowd that included Village President Sean Michels and Sugar Grove Chamber of Commerce Vice President Steve Ekker.

Top-Pick Athletics, which offers team rentals and private lessons, considered venues in Montgomery and Aurora before selecting property at the Waubonsee Corporate Center at Route 47 and Heartland Drive, Clark said.

Michels said the village appreciates the company’s investment, noting anything that brings more people to Sugar Grove is a “real plus.”

“Best of luck to you and your partners,” he told Clark, who also is the head softball coach at Waubonsee Community College.

The new 15,000-square-foot facility will include 7,500 square feet of synthetic turf and 4,500 square feet of hitting and pitching tunnels, Clark said.

The actual steel structure is being built elsewhere and is expected to be delivered the week of Oct. 26, he said, explaining it will be attached to the north side of the existing building at 769 Heartland Drive.

Top-Pick Athletics plans to open the facility by January, as the first team rental is scheduled for Jan. 11, Clark said. He said Top-Pick Athletics serves athletes in soccer, lacrosse, cheer and wrestling, as well as those in baseball and softball.