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Coeur d'Alene city council approves plan to convert some tennis courts into pickleball courts

The approved memorandum with the Inland Northwest Pickleball Club will allow four tennis courts at Cherry Hill Park to be converted to 12 pickleball courts.
Credit: Coeur d'Alene Press
Lisa Armstrong, right, leans into a volley as her partner, Leah Frederick, looks on during a women's doubles match in July.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — In the two years Anne Hadin has been playing pickleball, she’s made a lot of friends — enough to fill the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Community Room.

And that was only a fraction of them.

“It’s a really fantastic community,” she said, motioning to the crowd at a recent Parks and Recreation meeting. “Pickleball people are the best.”

“It’s like family,” she added.

Hadin and fellow pickleballers would love more courts in Coeur d’Alene and the city agrees.

The City Council on Tuesday approved an amended Memorandum of Understanding with the Inland Northwest Pickleball Club that will allow for converting four tennis courts at Cherry Hill Park into 12 pickleball courts.

Councilwoman Christie Wood said pickleball players are “incredibly passionate” about their sport.

To read the full article, visit our news partners, the Coeur d'Alene Press.

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