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New Franklin applies for three parks grants
Carolynn Mostyn
Suburbanite correspondent
NEW FRANKLIN – City Council approved the application of three grants for the construction of a pavilion, tennis and pickleball courts during its April 7 meeting.
Council approved the application for an Ohio Department of Natural Resources Ohio Nature Works Grant to partially construct tennis and pickleball courts at the Sisler Field complex. The grant, $150,000, would require matching funds from the city of $37,000 and $2,500 for the writing and submission costs. The court construction costs are estimated at $500,000.
Mayor Paul Adamson said the city are in a good position to receive the AARP grant as it is specified for pickleball courts, which is a sport that older adults are avidly participating. An AARP Community Challenge Grant to help with the construction of the courts would be for $250,000 with no match. The city would pay the $900 fee for the writing of the grant.