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City staff to apply for $60,000 recreation grant and seek up to $200,000 from USTA for new tennis courts
Summary
Council signaled consensus for staff to pursue a $60,000 Recreation Joint Powers Board grant for new gym dividers and to apply to the USTA for up to $200,000 toward six new tennis courts at Washington Park.
City staff told the Casper City Council they will apply for two recreation grants and the council signaled support to proceed.
Recreation staff asked the council to authorize submission of a $60,000 grant application to the Recreation Joint Powers Board to cover roughly half of a $123,000 capital project to replace aging gym dividers at a city recreation center. Nick Whipps, the city’s recreation manager, said the current dividers are about 15 years old, have been evaluated by risk management and are a high capital priority to maintain safe, multiuse programming.
Separately, staff said they…
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