Wylie Parks board outlines 2025 projects: pickleball courts, field renovations, playgrounds, splash pads and new lighting

The Wylie Parks and Recreation Board heard detailed project and program updates at its first meeting of 2025, including plans to double pickleball capacity at Community Park, renovate additional Founders Park fields, install shading and lighting at several playgrounds, add solar lighting to the dog park and complete chemical balancing at two splash pads.

Those updates, presented by Brent Stowers, Parks staff, laid out schedules and next steps for capital work and seasonal programming. Board members approved the November 6, 2024 meeting minutes during the meeting and later moved to adjourn after wrapping reports.

Brent Stowers said the Community Park pickleball facility will expand from three courts to six, and construction began the day of the meeting. "We're doubling the size of that pickleball court…right now it's 3 courts. We're moving to 6 courts now," Stowers said. He said concrete work has started, the poured slabs require a 28-day curing period before surfacing, and officials plan to add shade and lighting later; the courts themselves should be open in early 2025.

On turf fields, Stowers said City Council approved renovation of Founders…