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To me, it’s indicative of a Florida county struggling with growth and how to handle it.
We’re facing the reality that the city of Vero Beach, with an estimated 18,000 people (50% fewer than Sebastian), is the second biggest city in the county and only a fraction of its 165,395 population.
While it has many of the county’s top assets beach parks, shopping areas, hotels it no longer controls a larger area by serving it with electricity. That means folks adjacent to the city no longer prop up Vero Beach’s general fund, which pays to maintain so many of the city’s parks.
Letters to the Editor: April 17, 2021
Treasure Coast Newspapers
Pickleball players need more courts
The city of Vero Beach Recreation Committee held a public meeting April 13 at City Hall. The placed was packed with pickleball players, some tennis players and some vocal residents near Riverside Park.
After hearing the presentations from the not-for-profit Pickleball University with 750 paying members, and city-run tennis with at best 60 paying members I have some observations
Land: Pickleball University only wants space for 12 pickleball courts at Riverside that would equal the space for four tennis courts. They were rejected a few years ago by the city at Riverside as well as Dodgertown.