[Wetzel]

I high school in our district was being mothballed, and we asked facilities about having access to just the gym as a practice facility for the 10 DCPS teams. We were told no, the entire building is getting shuttered and we can't have just the gym available for you.

A few weeks later they offered us the secondary gym at a elementary school elsewhere in the city, and we now have a full time practice field with an exterior door that each team has a key for. Until we made a proposal, they didn't know that we wanted a space like that.

You can't get what you don't ask or build the relationships for.

Wetzel