Over the past several weeks, a handful of separate conversations have started pointing in the same direction. Stonecreek Church, Cambridge Football, the Live Like Chasen Foundation, and a few community partners have each been circling a version of the same idea. This is an attempt to put it all in one place so everyone is reading from the same page, with an honest accounting of what has been decided (very little) and what is still wide open (almost everything).
The Short Version
- Stonecreek Church owns roughly an acre of land next to Cambridge High School.
- The original idea was a locker room and field house for Cambridge Football.
- The proposal on the table is bigger: a shared community facility used year-round by students, churches, families, and local nonprofits.
- The Live Like Chasen Foundation may serve as owner and long-term steward of the project.
- Nothing has been agreed to yet. This is a conversation, not a plan.
Where It Started
Stonecreek Church owns about an acre of property adjacent to Cambridge High School. Early discussions centered on a straightforward question: could that land be used to build a locker room and field house for the Cambridge football program?
That need is real. Cambridge Football would benefit from a dedicated team facility, and the property sits in exactly the right place for it.
But sitting with the idea raised a bigger question. A locker room gets used for a few hours a day, during one season, by one program. What if the same acre could serve the whole community instead, all year, for the next several decades?
The Idea: A Community Impact Center
The concept is a multi-purpose facility shared by several organizations rather than owned and used by just one. The football locker room and operations center would be part of it, not the whole of it.
Uses currently under discussion:
- Football operations. A modern locker room and team facility for Cambridge Football.
- Leadership development. Programming for students and young adults.
- Camp and ministry space. A home base for Camp Arrowhead and other Stonecreek programs.
- Family support. A resource center for families walking through grief, crisis, or hardship.
- Practical education. Workshops on financial literacy, career readiness, and life skills.
- Nonprofit collaboration. Meeting and event space for local organizations serving children and families.
What separates this from a typical building project is shared ownership of the mission. No single organization would own the vision. It would belong to a group of partners who already care about the same people.
The Point Worth Repeating
This is not a construction project
It is a people project. The building is only the tool that makes the rest of it possible. The value of this facility will never be measured in square footage. It will be measured in the number of people who walk out different than they walked in.
Why These Partners, and Why Here
Stonecreek Church
Stonecreek has never been just a building. The church has a long record of showing up for families and meeting practical needs here. A gift of land is the piece that makes everything else possible.
Cambridge Football
Hundreds of student-athletes and their families move through the program every year. That anchors the facility with steady, daily use instead of leaving it dark most of the week.
Live Like Chasen
The foundation already exists to support families, educate kids, and step in when a family’s world falls apart. This is not a theoretical fit. It is the mission with a roof over it.
The Foundation’s Possible Role
One structure being explored: the Live Like Chasen Foundation takes ownership of the property if it is gifted, oversees development of the facility, and carries responsibility for long-term maintenance and operation.
That last part is where a lot of community projects quietly fail. Buildings get built, ribbons get cut, and then nobody planned for year fifteen. Housing the project inside a foundation that already has a board, a mission, and active fundraising gives it a sustainability plan from day one.
Worth saying plainly: this is one option on the table, not a decision. Ownership, governance, and operating structure are exactly the kinds of questions this group should work through together.
Where Things Actually Stand
Current Status
- Initial conversations have happened between the foundation and Stonecreek leadership.
- A meeting with the Cambridge head football coach was very encouraging. He believes the facility could make a real difference for students and for the wider community.
- Early scoping and cost discussions have begun, and there is reason to be optimistic about the funding picture.
- No land has changed hands. No commitments have been made. No plans have been drawn.
The Question Underneath All of It
Strip away the acreage and the budget and the org charts, and one question is left:
What if we could build something that changes thousands of lives over the next twenty, thirty, or sixty six years?
A place where students grow into leaders.
Where families in crisis find support.
Where churches and nonprofits work side by side instead of separately.
Where the next generation inherits something real, because a group of people looked at one acre of land and decided to think bigger.
None of this belongs to one person, and the best version of it will not come from one person either. It will come from the collective wisdom of the people already in this conversation. Your reactions, your questions, and your pushback are all genuinely wanted.
Prepared for Stonecreek Church leadership, Cambridge Football, the Live Like Chasen Foundation board, and partner organizations. Questions or reactions: contact Steve Petcovic, Live Like Chasen Foundation.