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Leawood to send pickleball-court plan to Parks & Recreation after usage study
Summary
City staff presented a September usage study showing evening pick-up in shared tennis/pickleball courts; council referred the question of dedicated pickleball courts to the Parks & Recreation Board and placed a provisional halt on design spending until the recommendation is returned.
Leawood — City parks staff presented a usage study and options for accommodating pickleball at the Leawood tennis complex, and the governing body unanimously referred the question to the Parks and Recreation Board with a proviso that design funds not be spent until the review is complete.
Chris Claxton, director of Parks, Recreation and Arts, said staff and public-works partner Dave Lay collected time-lapse images every 15 minutes for about 21 days in September to measure court use. "We did take images, and we were taking them every 15 minutes between 06:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.," Claxton said,…
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