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PTC Business> Erickson Park Court Project - OPENING August 29th, 6pm Thank you Grand Slam Sponsors: Lakeside Industries & Olympic Electric Company, Inc. Please support these Grand Slam sponsors and our other business sponsors: ASM Signs, Dungeness Valley Creamery, First Federal Savings & Loan, Mill Creek Construction & Westsound Bank. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS:
Photos taken July 17th.
FUNDING UPDATE: On June 19th, the Port Angeles City
Council unanimously voted to provide an additional $50,000 in funds and award
the bid for the Erickson Park project to Lakeside Industries. This money,
along with the latest $6500
from PTC, and $10,000
from the USTA Pacific NW section completes the project funding. Read the PDN front-page story from June 21st here.
Happy PTC members present USTA and PTC check at June 19th council meeting. Final funding breakdown is: PTC: $22,100 cash, $5000 in-kind. Complete Donor List. Grand Slam Sponsors: Thank you Lakeside Industries & Olympic Electric! USTA national grant: $31,400 USTA PNW grants: $15,000 City of Port Angeles: $150,000 As Mayor Karen Rogers said, this project is truly the result of the vision & the passion of the Peninsula Tennis Club!
Join Grand Slam Sponsors Lakeside Industries & Olympic Electric Co, Inc in supporting this worthy project! Fundraising continues for lights and sound barrier. Donation form here. If you have any questions on the project, please call Peninsula Tennis Club President, Laurel Cripe, at (360) 808-0924. We still have two GRAND SLAM Sponsorships available at the $2500 level. Grand Slam sponsors will get a banner on the Race Street court fence during construction, and permanent on-site recognition.
Tennis club officers present Mayor Karen Rogers with USTA check for $31,400 and PTC
donation of $20,600 at the January 16th City Council meeting. (Pictured: Dave Shargel, Carl Strunk, Karen Rogers, Bob Ritchie, Laurel Cripe, Casi Fors.)
October, 2006 Dear Tennis Supporter: As you may be aware, the Peninsula Tennis Club has committed to provide funds to the City of Port Angeles to help finance the rebuilding of the Erickson Park tennis courts in spring of 2007. The project is estimated to cost $157,000, with $100,000 being provided by the City of Port Angeles in the 2007 budget, $36,400 secured in USTA grants, and the remaining $20,600 coming from PTC. We have currently raised about $12,500 in donations for the courts, and continue to raise funds. Our entire obligation will be turned over to the City of Port Angeles by December 31, 2006. Any shortfall in donations will be covered with funds from the Peninsula Tennis Club treasury. The courts at Erickson Park are in an advanced state of disrepair, with extensive cracking, puddles, an exposed ledge, and inadequate space between courts. The rebuilding process will correct the grade of the courts so they slope & drain properly, extend the length of the courts to meet USTA standards, and space four new courts in banks of two to USTA standards. The new complex will contain space on the east end next to Race Street for spectator bleachers, moving the courts away from traffic noise, and will have adequate space around the courts for court benches and storage for PTC equipment. The initial stage of the project does not include funds for lighting, however we will lay conduit for lighting, and will continue to raise funds to install lighting as soon as possible. In our agreement with the city, Peninsula Tennis Club will be given second priority, after the City of Port Angeles, Recreation Department, to schedule tennis activities at the Erickson Park courts at no charge, will be allowed to install court amenities (benches & windscreens), and will be given access to the courts & utilities to regularly clean the courts. In early 2005, the Peninsula Tennis Club identified rebuilding the Erickson Park courts as our highest priority. In addition to providing much-needed court space to increase our tennis programming, we believe that the central location of the Erickson Park courts will greatly increase the visibility of tennis and the Peninsula Tennis Club in our community and will bring out many new players. In addition, the rebuilt courts will revitalize an underused area of our busiest park. The Pacific Northwest section of the USTA (United States Tennis Association) recognized the Peninsula Tennis Club for the Erickson Court Project with the 2006 President’s Award for “excellence in promoting the game” of tennis. To be part of this award-winning project, please return the enclosed page with your tax-deductible donation. Thank you! Laurel Cripe, President
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