New Tennis Courts at Dearborn’s Ford Field Park
Dearborn is adding new tennis courts at Ford Field Park to replace two old deteriorating ones. The old court surfaces were cracking and in need of replacement.
Dearborn’s Ford Field Park is getting a tennis court makeover, thanks to a Wayne County grant millage allocation.
Separately, a new spray park element will soon be added to the baby pool at Dearborn’s Dunworth Pool.
The total commitment from Wayne County for these two projects is $137,000, with $90,000 for Ford Field Park and $47,000 for Dunworth Pool.
Regular visitors to Ford Field Park will notice that the current tennis courts were recently torn up and removed, including the fencing that surrounded the two courts.
Construction on new courts would soon begin after Dearborn’s City Council approves the award of the contract for construction services. That is set to take place at the next council meeting.
City officials tell DeepsaidWhat.com that the two new courts will come complete with freshly painted court surfaces, striping, new fencing, and new tennis posts and nets to replace the old deteriorating courts. The old court surfaces, for those who ever used them, were cracking badly and in need of repair or replacement.
Nearby residents who were concerned they had lost their tennis courts will be relieved to hear that the new courts will be erected in the same location, providing many tennis players with a nice facility to enjoy for many years to come.
The city hopes to have both projects up and ready for residents to use for the summer of 2013.
September 10th, 2012 at 8:41 am
Has any one thought of allowing the public to use the tennis courts and other facilities located at the public schools when not in use by the teams? I live near Fordson High and a few years ago the City removed the sidewalks to expand the tennis courts (errr… thanks. Nothing better than removing an entire sidewalk that can be used all day everyday by the entire population in order to make more room for a very few people on a very few days a year). Anyhow, those courts are locked up year round and it seems a shame to me when they could be being used.
September 10th, 2012 at 11:04 am
Why don’t they find some grants for the small pools?
September 10th, 2012 at 11:06 am
Maybe they could use that 47K and put the splash area where they cemented over the baby pool at Crowley and just left it. Dunworth already has a huge baby pool and Crowley has nothing and Whitmore isn’t even open!
September 10th, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Great point Chris,
I live near Dearborn High and as a tax payer, my children cannot even use the two baseball fields there. The old fields were ripped up, rebuilt and fenced off. I understand the risk of vandalism by a few but why are all taxpayers punished by not being able to use these fields?
September 11th, 2012 at 8:32 am
i think that’s great and I hope everyone can use it!
September 12th, 2012 at 10:42 am
Edsel’s courts are open to the public( on weekends at least.)
September 12th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
I think the only tennis courts run by the schools that can be used are the ones at Edsel. Unless that has changed.
September 12th, 2012 at 5:37 pm
That’s a good question. But I think I saw more people at these courts this year when compared to the pools…
September 13th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Our neighborhood kids walk or bike to the local pool (Summer-Stephens, in our case) all summer long. They need parents to drive — a long way — to get to Dunworth and back, so they hardly ever go there.
September 13th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Interesting since the weather was in the 90’s almost every day this summer I noticed more people at the pools.
September 14th, 2012 at 3:13 am
Are you seriously saying you think you should be entitled to play ball on their fields because you pay taxes? WOW. Just WOW. No, this is not a playground or one of the cities many parks, your kids don’t get to play there just because you pay taxes. Get a grip, parent.
October 4th, 2012 at 10:21 am
Dearborn resident, and Wayne County Commission Chairman Gary Woronchak was the county commissioner responsible for bringing the funds for the tennis courts and splash park to Dearborn. Gary has also stated if the city would ask for money for the pools, he’d most likely be able to allocate some sorely needed capital for our beloved small, neighborhood, outdoor pools. But of course, the “asking” has to be done by city leaders, and per Gary, he’s never been asked by city leaders.