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Pickleball court funding up for City Council vote

City Council meets at 300 N. Campbell

Last summer our community turned out for four separate City Council meetings. One immediate result was that we got six dedicated pickleball courts at Skyline Optimist Youth Park!

That was then. We have six new Council members this year, and they have not seen us. They do not know that the pickleball community is LARGE and politically active. Here is our chance.

On Tuesday, August 19, the Neighborhood Improvement Projects will be recommended to City Council for funding approval. The funds are there. They were approved by voters in 2022, but Council needs to approve the projects.

There are FIVE dedicated pickleball courts in these proposals.

Four are located in parks in District 7 (southeast El Paso, Argal and Ralph T Cloud Parks), and one in District 1 on the westside, in Mary Frances Keisling Park.

Be there! Wear your blue club shirt so they can see which people in the chamber are there for pickleball. The meeting starts at 9:00 AM. You can speak during Call to the Public at 10AM if you want - here is the link - or you can speak when the agenda item comes up. It is item #68. It could be crowded with such a full agenda. I will be there between 8:30 - 8:45. We want to sit together.

Pickleball El Paso Association has been advocating for pickleball courts since 2021, when there was not one single permanent net in the county. Look how far we have come!

Play happy,

Jamie Fisher

President, Pickleball El Paso Association