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Pickleball players press Franklin staff for on-site storage and replacement windscreens after July 4 damage

5394803 · July 15, 2025
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Summary

Players said volunteers' paddle holders and some windscreens were removed after a July 4 tournament; commissioners and staff agreed to review storage options that meet ADA and safety rules and to bring site photos and proposals to the next meeting.

Players and volunteers who run the city's informal pickleball program asked Franklin staff at the July 14 meeting to find a secure, on-site storage solution after several court windscreens were cut during a July 4 tournament and volunteers said equipment had been shifted.

"They're up, but some of them were cut down for the July 4. So we're not putting the ones that were cut down back up because it was requested by another group," a volunteer said, describing the windscreens that had been removed during a tournament.…

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