Pickleball courts will be nested in Trinity, AL in next 4 months, “The Town’s Mayor said this week.”
For those who don’t know where Trinity is? Trinity is a town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States.
The town recently received a bid from Building Construction Associates of Decatur to build 3 courts for $505,280, “Mayor Vaughin Goodwin said.”
The courts will meet official size standards (regulation-sized) and will be made of asphalt with an acrylic surface. This information is provided by Robert LaRue, who is associated with BCA.
According to the mayor, the courts will be constructed in front of the town hall at 35 Preston Drive, next to the new pavilion that is currently being built. The previous pavilion has been demolished.
The contract with BCA calls for completion of the courts within one hundred and twenty days of signing the contract. “Goodwin said.” Trinity has no existing pickleball courts.
Goodwin, mayor since 2000, said the town decided on pickleball courts because that’s what the people wanted. Decatur has numerous pickleball courts, both indoors and out. Priceville recently added courts to its new event center and plans to add more in the future if it adds gym space.
When officials asked residents what improvements they would like to see in the coming months, pickleball courts received the most votes by far, “Goodwin said.”
“That’s been our biggest request,” the mayor said. “We kind of did a park plan update and we had more requests for pickleball courts than we’ve had for anything else.”
Trinity, with a population of approximately 2,250, has an annual budget of about $3 million, said Town Clerk Ashley Patterson. The town is paying for the courts with federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. Cities have until Dec. 31 to use their ARPA funds. Goodwin said, “Without the funding, the pickleball courts would not have been possible.”
ARPA funds were also used for repainting and reflooring the town hall, which had not been updated since 1990, and for new two radios and a police vehicle, the mayor said. The town also used $150,000 of its general fund for its improvements. The county is also paying $225,000 to cover the cost of new pumps for the Water Department, bids for which will be opened Thursday, “Goodwin said.”
