Traverse City Outdoor

Multipurpose

Sports Court

Partial side wall option

Multipurpose Court

Racquetball

Handball

Paddleball

Tennis hitting

Squash

Plans:

Lessons

Clinics

Youth programs

Tournaments

Local Players

Currently, players age range from 20’s to well into 70’s

Racquetball is a Family Sport

Lessons and Clinics

Beginners lesson camp. March 2018. Grand Traverse Athletic Club

Outdoor Court Advantages Appeals to all age groups and athletic levels

Exposes people, of all income levels to lifetime sports- Currently, they can only play or see it played if they belong to a club with courts (GTAC or the old YMCA).

Provides a new athletic and fitness opportunity to residents and visitors, that currently isn’t addressed with existing facilities. The closest outdoor courts are in Lansing and Detroit.

Can be played indoors in winter

Tournaments will bring players and their families to Traverse City

The Space

View from Sunset Park

View from Sunset Park facing East

The view from the Parkway

Traverse City Parks and

Recreation Master Plan

Goal # 2:

e. Sunset Park

1. Work with community to make

improvements to Sunset park and

encourage its use as a

multigenerational park.

Traverse City Parks and

Recreation Master Plan

Goal #8:

Develop strong and dynamic recreation programs

affording a variety of recreational activities and

experiences for a wide range of users

b. Partner with non-profits, schools and community

organizations that are providing recreational programs.

Traverse City Parks and

Recreation Master Plan

CAPTIAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT SUMMARY

2018/19 PROJECT NAME PROJECT

DESCRIPTION

COST

ESTIMATE

POSSIBLE

FUNDING

SOURCES

1 Sunset Park

Improvements

Would include

new fitness and

playground

equipment, picnic

shelter,

restrooms and

retaining wall.

$200,000.

Donations

Brown

Bridge Trust

Grants

City Funds

Outdoor Courts in Virginia

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Outdoor Courts in

Traverse City, Michigan….?