PORT ANGELES – The deteriorated Erickson Playfield tennis courts – once proposed for swimming pool parking – will be good as new by this summer thanks to the efforts of tennis enthusiasts.
Peninsula Tennis Club members have presented Mayor Karen Rogers with a $31,400 grant from the United States Tennis Association’s national chapter and a $20,600 club donation toward resurfacing the five courts at the corner of Race and Fourth streets.
“The USTA said it was one of the best applications [for funds] they’d ever seen,” Peninsula Tennis Club President Laurel Cripe told the City Council at its Tuesday night meeting.
“This will make [Erickson Playfield] even more attractive and vital.”
The park also includes the Dream Playground for children and the Port Angeles Skate Park.
In addition to the $52,000 donated Tuesday night, the estimated $157,000 tennis court renovation project will be funded by an additional $5,000 grant from the USTA’s Pacific Northwest Region that was received in August 2006, and $100,000 from the city’s capital facilities plan budget.
