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Kirkland podcast spotlights pickleball’s community, growth and challenges
Summary
City podcast "This Week in Kirkland" hosted a pickleball-focused episode with Shelley Maurer and Cher Emerick of the Life Lessons from Pickleball podcast. Hosts and guests discussed the sport’s local growth, demand for courts, noise concerns, equipment technology and community benefits including international and correctional-program outreach.
Jim Lopez, deputy city manager and host of the city’s This Week in Kirkland podcast, and co-hosts Kate Ryan and Dave Wohlrecht dedicated the March 6 episode to pickleball, inviting Shelley Maurer and Cher Emerick of the Life Lessons from Pickleball podcast to discuss how the sport is shaping local community life.
"We distilled those into the 3 pillars and joy, community, and empowerment," Cher Emerick said, describing the podcast’s organizing themes. Guests and hosts described pickleball as easy to start, socially engaging and multigenerational — qualities they said have helped rapid local growth.
The episode highlighted…
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