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To: Amy Yee Tennis Center Advisory Council and Seattle Parks & Rec Department
Save Seattle Tennis - No Pickleball Lines at Lower Woodland Tennis Courts
Seattle does not have enough tennis courts for the 3.5 million residents who live here and now Pickleball has convinced Parks to get lines striped on many of the tennis courts to make them dual purpose. This has exacerbated the lack of tennis courts problem exponentially and has created conflict between the tennis players and pickleball players. We need to stop adding Pickleball lines to tennis courts and instead build new tennis courts in Seattle and also build dedicated pickleball courts in different areas away from the tennis courts. A proposal has been brought forth to put pickleball lines on half of the 10 tennis courts at Lower Woodland in Seattle. This proposal must be rejected outright. The city should use the $100k+ it receives from reservations for outdoor courts to resurface the Lower Woodland tennis courts as dedicated tennis courts. Please sign this petition if you agree. Only public opinion and outcry can make a difference and action is needed now.
Why is this important?
Tennis as a sport is growing in popularity and the public needs dedicated spaces to play. Pickleball is a very different activity and has significant noise also involved. Seattle residents deserve to have dedicated tennis and pickleball spaces that are updated and the existing tennis courts should not be striped for pickleball. For our population we are already over 200 tennis courts short and we need the city to help us build more tennis courts and not take them away. This sport helps build community and offers a great way to socialize and be physically active for all ages and abilities. It is becoming much more diverse and accessible and we need the city to support tennis and dedicated spaces for it and not make them dual purpose.