Cpalisa (RE: My 2 Cents: Put Carousel here): There aren't a lot of options for decent, maintained courts, in my opinion. I think it would be a mistake to take any public courts away, ESPECIALLY with the increase in demand from the pickleballers. I think there are about 200 pickleball people here during the summer and more tennis people. There has been some conflict in the past due to not having enough maintained courts. I don't think there are a lot of options to play downtown. I think they should add some dedicated pickleball courts there and keep the two courts they have for tennis. I know there is a LOT of pickleball being played at Cherry Hill right now, as well as a Junior tennis league and city tennis programs. They are bumping into each other up there. McEuen isn't an option because of only two courts. Lake City also hosts an adult tennis league during the summer and a tournament even though the courts are in awful shape. A few people have already fallen this summer due to the bad courts. CHS has lessons and city programs as well as league play. Ramsey also has city lessons. There is a fair amount of outside tennis being played and a ton of pickleball.

Thoughts?

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