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Resident urges resurfacing of Dupree Park pickleball courts, calls for city action on affordable housing
Summary
At the Feb. 24 meeting a longtime Woodstock resident asked council to resurface popular Dupree Park pickleball courts this year and urged the city to develop a strategic plan to address local affordable housing shortages.
Gopinath Govindaraj, a Woodstock resident of ten years, urged the council on Feb. 24 to prioritize resurfacing the pickleball courts at Dupree Park and to take leadership on affordable housing.
“It’s getting worse every day,” Govindaraj said of the court surfaces. He told the council that as many as 50 players use the facility daily and said “the only way we can fix it is to completely resurface it,” asking the council to find money for the work in the upcoming budget.
Govindaraj also told the council he wants the city to take a more active role on housing affordability: “Since 2021, we have not built even 1 affordable home in the city of Woodstock,” he said, urging the council to develop a strategic plan so renters can become homeowners and so young families who live and work in Woodstock can afford to stay.
No council action was taken at the meeting in response to the remarks; the comments were recorded during the public-comment portion of the agenda.
