Honoring employees for their years of outstanding service in building high-quality indoor comfort products, Joe Campbell, vice president of manufacturing for Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., presents the deed for 14 acres on Wilson Parkway to Fayetteville Mayor Michael Whisenant. Joining the presentation are some of the company’s senior employees, including (from left) Mural Tucker, who has been with the company 50 years; Willing King, 47 years; James Sumners, Jr., 49 years; Freddie Price, 46 years; Dane Jean, 50 years; William Luttrell, 50 years; Mickie Higgins, 43 years; and Mack Parks, 46 years. (Photo credit: Elk Valley Times, Tennessee.)
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Goodman Donates Land for a Soccer Complex Honoring Its Fayetteville, Tennessee, Employees

December 17, 2019

Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., long a community fixture here in Fayetteville, Tennessee, has finalized a donation of vacant land destined to become a new city soccer complex.

Honoring employees for their years of outstanding service in building high-quality indoor comfort products, Joe Campbell, vice president of manufacturing for Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., presents the deed for 14 acres on Wilson Parkway to Fayetteville Mayor Michael Whisenant. Joining the presentation are some of the company’s senior employees, including (from left) Mural Tucker, who has been with the company 50 years; Willing King, 47 years; James Sumners, Jr., 49 years; Freddie Price, 46 years; Dane Jean, 50 years; William Luttrell, 50 years; Mickie Higgins, 43 years; and Mack Parks, 46 years. (Photo credit: Elk Valley Times, Tennessee.)
Honoring employees for their years of outstanding service in building high-quality indoor comfort products, Joe Campbell, vice president of manufacturing for Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., presents the deed for 14 acres on Wilson Parkway to Fayetteville Mayor Michael Whisenant. Joining the presentation are some of the company’s senior employees, including (from left) Mural Tucker, who has been with the company 50 years; Willing King, 47 years; James Sumners, Jr., 49 years; Freddie Price, 46 years; Dane Jean, 50 years; William Luttrell, 50 years; Mickie Higgins, 43 years; and Mack Parks, 46 years. (Photo credit: Elk Valley Times, Tennessee.)

The 14-acre donation is intended to honor Fayetteville employees for their years of service building Goodman and Amana® brand heating and air conditioning products, explains Joe Campbell, Vice President Manufacturing.

Goodman’s 14-acre donation enables the City of Fayetteville to leverage the $500,000 value of the land as a required local match to receive a $500,000 Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant awarded by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The grant will enable the city to transform vacant property next to Goodman’s radar range building on Wilson Parkway into a vibrant soccer complex.

“This is a way to honor and thank our employees for their years of outstanding service building high-quality indoor comfort products,” explains Campbell. “We applaud the City of Fayetteville for working with us to help create something the entire community can enjoy.”

The city has long recognized the need for soccer fields, according to Fayetteville Mayor Job Law. Plans for the complex feature lighted soccer fields, sidewalks, a gravel parking area, fencing, bleachers and signage.

Together, the land donation and state grant make for a $1 million dollar investment not only in local recreation, but also in the local economy, as the city envisions a facility that can draw soccer tournaments and tourism dollars from visiting teams.

Transforming the land into a soccer complex will begin soon, with completion expected in the spring of 2020.

For more information about Goodman, visit www.goodmanmfg.com.

About Goodman

A member of the DAIKIN group, Houston-based Goodman Global, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products for residential and light commercial use. Goodmanâ brand products are predominantly sold through company-operated and independent distribution networks, with more than 1,000 total distribution points throughout North America.

For more information, visit www.goodmanmfg.com.