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Tennis and Pickleball club issue proposal to Smithers Town Council

The Town of Smithers have voted in favour to approve a partnership, in principle with the Bulkley Valley Tennis and Bulkley Valley pickleball clubs.

This is a Community Partnership proposal which would develop a new racquet sports facility.

According to Mayor Gladys Atrill, she is appreciative of the fact that the two racquet clubs have come together to bring council something that could work in the future.

In the proposal, the Bulkley Valley Racquet Society has identified two potential locations to create the sports facility.

The first would be adjacent to the Elks Park parking area and the second would be the long, narrow piece of land that is located between the new ice rink and Highway 16.

Councillor Casda Thomas said that she supports the idea that this would be a community partnership.

“I appreciate the initiative and the commitment to fundraising because we know that there are many infrastructure needs that compete and I also really appreciate the consideration to noise because I know that that has been a source of conflict in other municipalities,” she said.

Additionally, the society has provided two revenues for funding for the project which is estimated to cost approximately $430,000.

Town Council have not approved of any funding during the meeting but staff say with the partnership approved that it will launch conversations with the society and a more detailed, concrete proposal will appear on the agenda.

Councillor John Buikema said he appreciates how the two separate clubs have come together.

“I think this is just a much better way to go where the two of them are saying this is something that benefits the pickleball club, the tennis club and of course the Town in general so, I think it’s a great proposal,: he said.

The society says it is hopeful that construction on the facility could break ground next year.

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Lindsay Newman
Lindsay Newman
News Reporter Lindsay joined the MyBulkleyLakesNow news team in 2019. She was born and raised in Cambridge, Ontario where she then moved to Toronto to complete Journalism school at Humber College where she graduated in 2017. Lindsay started her news journey at 680 News- Toronto's largest talk radio station. Lindsay then moved on to 680 News, where she was an audio editor. She has always loved the idea of living in British Columbia since she was a teenager and was excited to make the to move out to Smithers, BC to branch out her journalism skills. In Lindsay's spare time she is usually relaxing with her two cats and in the warmer months going on hikes with her friends and partner.

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