Sport

Sector Success Story

Outdoor Pickleball Courts

Southern Jackson County Community Foundation / Greene Center

The Main Goal
Install pickleball courts to the local park

The Purpose
Pickleball is a great sport that can be played at all different levels. It helps keep people active in a fun and engaging way. Putting pickleball courts in will bring the community more together and encourage them to be more physically active.

2 new pickleball courts added

High Population of the elderly community

150 Community members impacted by added activity

Project Outcomes

Environmental Changes

Created physical and observable change to the built and social environment at the Greene Center

Building Capacity

Pickleball is a low impact-low intensity sport allowing all ages and abilities to participate. The courts are free for all community members to utilize.

The Bottom Line

Pickleball has become an uprising sport in communities. It gets people active and brings them together. It also is a sport that can be played by any age and allows everyone to participate. The courts will be up and running this winter.

Learn more at https://thegreenecenter.org/classes-%26-activities