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Residents Press Parks Department Over Yearslong Delays to New Tennis and Pickleball Courts
Summary
Tennis and pickleball players told the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board that promised courts have been repeatedly delayed, urging staff to speed procurement and provide a clear timeline; staff cited procurement rules, annexation steps and wetland monitoring as causes and said 12 dedicated pickleball courts at Tom Watson will open this fall.
Tennis and pickleball players urged the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board on Tuesday to move faster after years of deferred projects and missed openings for courts at East Boulder and other sites.
"We have been deceived and promises have been broken," Don Bergl, president of the Boulder Tennis Association, told the board, pressing for "urgency and accountability" on the East Boulder racquet court project.
Players, coaches and community organizers described a pattern of staffing and schedule changes that left tournaments and regular play displaced. "We currently have zero dedicated pickleball courts in Boulder," Zach Majorca, president of BOCO Pickleball, said, urging…
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