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Residents push for more pickleball courts and better restrooms at Coiner Park; council begins preliminary redevelopment discussion

Cottage Grove City Council · August 12, 2025
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Summary

Public commenters urged the council to expand permanent pickleball courts at Coiner Park, prioritize restroom renovation, and consider a skate park; city staff circulated redevelopment maps showing options for up to eight pickleball courts, a skate area, and a possible new restroom, emphasizing no budget is yet committed.

Two residents urged the council to prioritize restrooms and permanent pickleball courts at Coiner Park during the public-comment period, and city staff later circulated maps showing multiple preliminary redevelopment options.

"It's the only place we have to use that and it's... unsanitary," Kenneth Rowe, a Ward 1 resident and member of a local pickleball organizing group, said of the park bathroom. Rowe told the council his group has about 100 players and said members are prepared to…

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