Finding the right balance between commercial and community use is one of the challenges facing the new board of trustees at the Pettigrew Green Arena in Taradale.
There were three new directors while previous chairman Robert Anderson remained as a trustee on the revamped board.
Well-known business consultant and softball advocate Craig Waterhouse was one of the new directors and will lead the board as its chairperson.
Shaun McPherson, managing director of Boulevard Services Hawke's Bay, a commercial cleaning business, was also a new director along with Marcus Smith, director of Big Ideas Ltd and director and chief technology officer of True North 360 Ltd. Mr Smith has experience in senior management, strategic planning and financial planning.
The departing trustees were Sport Hawke's Bay's chief executive Colin Stone, Dena Hale, a community representative, Hastings mayor Lawrence Yule, Ken Simons, Hastings district councillor Jacoby Poulain, Napier city councillor Faye White and EIT chief executive Chris Collins.