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Manzano Mesa Pickleball Complex Project EXPANSION Needs Your Help! 2/17/2023 ATTENTION, Fellow players! Please contact your State Senator and Representative and urge them to support this needed expansion pickleball project. Urge them to support funding for the Manzano Mesa Pickleball Complex Project in Albuquerque (LCS Project #3251). The Manzano Mesa Project will expand the facility with 15 new courts (1 of them a championship court) and restrooms to support local play and tournaments. The goal is to allocate $1 million which would be in addition to current available monies to complete Phase I (of 2). To find your legislator, go to https://www.nmlegis.gov/members/find_my_legislator. The more calls and emails we can send, the better the chance of getting more pickleball courts! Remember: we only have 24 dedicated pickleball courts in all of Albuquerque. We need more to meet the current demand and keep up with the many new players our game attracts as well as host large pickleball tournaments. Please contact your legislators if you are interested in expanding pickleball in Albuquerque. Possible write-ups include: “Dear (name of legislator) I am a constituent of yours who plays pickleball. Pickleball is a great sport expanding rapidly throughout NM. There are only 24 dedicated pickleball courts in all of Albuquerque, yet well over 1,500 local players in the ABQ Pickleball Club alone, as well as many players not affiliated with the Club. I respectfully urge you to support and contribute some of your capital outlay funding to the Manzano Mesa Pickleball Complex Development Project (LCS Project #3251), which will add 15 courts plus restrooms to the Manzano Mesa Pickleball Complex. The facility would serve not only local players, but could host major tournaments and add millions to our economy.“ In the write-up, you may want to share any benefits that you or people you know have received from pickleball, such as improvement to health, social community, laughter and fun. |