SOUTH WHIDBEY RECORD: Indoor tennis, pickleball courts proposed

Kira Erickson reports from the South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District board meeting of Nov. 16, 2022.

A South Whidbey resident is serving up an idea for a recreation center dedicated to racket sports.

At a South Whidbey Parks and Recreation District meeting last month, Nicholas Terbovich presented the concept of a 90,000-square-foot indoor facility which includes five courts for tennis and an additional five for pickleball. Design plans also show courts for racquetball, squash and shuffleboard, along with two ping pong tables.

They Said It

Commissioner Matt Simms pointed to the results of a 2019 capital projects survey that the district carried out, which ranked a recreation center as the lowest priority of respondents.

Commissioner Krista Loercher thought the request from Terbovich seemed redundant when the district is already in the process of submitting grant proposals for outdoor pickleball courts.