- October 7, 2024
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Since opening in February, Palm Coast’s new Southern Recreation Center has over 1,300 pass holders using its facility.
The facility offers three types of passes, not including the single-day passes. In just under four months, there have are 784 tennis pass holders, 608 pickleball pass holders and 44 combination pass holders, according to Brittany McDermott, the deputy director of Palm Coast Parks and Recreation.
The facility has also seen use from the city’s younger residents as well through its youth memberships, she said.
“It's just been really fun to see the kids getting out and playing both tennis and pickleball,” McDermott said.
McDermott told the council in a presentation at the May 28 meeting that Parks and Recreation’s goals for the first year of the Southern Recreation Center is meant to focus on establishing its programs and building up the pass holder and customer base.
The Recreation Center has 12 pickleball courts, locker rooms and event spaces for residents to use. The city is also in the process of building five new clay tennis courts to the site as well.
As the center moves into its second year of operations, she said, the goal will be to host more social events and expand the center’s tournaments while continuing to build the available recreation programming.
McDermott also said, because of the locker rooms and other enhancements, the new facility has drawn interest from the professional women’s tennis circuit tournaments. Before, the city did not meet the requirements to host a women’s tournament because of its lack of dedicated locker space.
The Southern Recreation Center is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday-Friday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
