LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, former Husker Volleyball Coach John Cook and community leaders announced a proposed youth volleyball facility for north Lincoln on Thursday morning.

The proposed facility would be located near 27th and Folkways and would be included into the proposed development for that area.

The $16 million dollar project would be funded through some reallocation of state sales tax from businesses in the immediate area as well as $4 million in private funding. The City of Lincoln will be a co-applicant for the sales tax re-allocation that would have to be approved by Governor Jim Pillen and by the residents of Lincoln. That ballot initiative may be included in a normally scheduled election, or possibly with a special election.

The proposed facility w

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