{"id":1437,"date":"2021-08-03T22:48:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T05:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/03\/southeast-seattle-needs-outdoor-pickleball-courts-now-the-saga-episode-11\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T13:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T13:22:22","slug":"southeast-seattle-needs-outdoor-pickleball-courts-now-the-saga-episode-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlemetropickleball.com\/southeast-seattle-needs-outdoor-pickleball-courts-now-the-saga-episode-11\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSoutheast Seattle Needs Outdoor Pickleball Courts Now: The Saga\u201d \u2013 EPISODE 11"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Recap<\/strong>: On July 15, the Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) Department’s Deputy Superintendent Christopher Williams wrote<\/a> that (1) it is SPR’s policy to add <\/em>pickleball lines only to the tennis courts that historically get low usage by tennis players and (2) that adding pickleball court lines to the tennis courts located next to the Jefferson and Rainier Community Centers would constitute a “change of use to parks or park facilities” which would require an opaque and cumbersome review process. On August 1, Seattle Metro Pickleball Association President Frank Chiappone sent the Association’s reply<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On August 3rd, the Southeast Pickleball players called for pickleball players to express their opposition (1) to SPR’s newest policy of allowing pickleball only on the worst tennis courts, and (2) to SPR’s policy of adding pickleball court lines to tennis courts adjacent to community centers that host pickleball communities everywhere EXCEPT in Southeast Seattle. Below is their call to action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n