Some major upgrades could be coming to Dunn Loring Park’s athletic fields.
The Fairfax County Park Authority announced last week that it’s exploring plans to resurface and expand the existing basketball court at 2540 Gallows Road, possibly turning it into a dual-purpose basketball/futsal court.
A Tysons parking lot that has been slated for development for over a decade now could finally see some activity of the recreational variety instead.
The Arlington-based sports company Epic Padel is proposing to build six temporary padel tennis courts on surface parking for the Greensboro Park offices at 8200 Greensboro Drive, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County last Friday (April 4).
Fairfax County is considering adding a dedicated pickleball court at Mason District Park in Annandale and is asking residents for feedback before making a decision.
The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) has opened a 30-day public comment period on the proposal, which would place the new court next to the existing tennis courts in the southwestern corner of the park.
Pickleball and tennis courts at two parks in the McLean area might be retired in the future.
The Fairfax County Park Authority is considering relocating two shared-use courts at Linway Terrace Park (6246 Linway Terrace) in McLean. Westgate Park (7508 Magarity Road) in Tysons also has two courts — one dedicated to tennis and one for both tennis and pickleball — slated for removal.
The Town of Herndon’s new indoor tennis facility is back in business.
The indoor tennis center at Bready Park (814 Ferndale Avenue), which officially opened today (Monday), features new structure, lights and a repaired ProBounce surface.
A combined basketball and futsal court is set to open next Thursday, Oct. 3 at Stratton Woods Park (2431 Fox Mill Road) in Reston.
Construction on the court began in August. The $229,000 project is being supported by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA), Volkswagen Group of America and the Great Outdoors Fund, a nonprofit that aims to expand access to recreational amenities.
The Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) is seeking community feedback on some potential improvements at Hybla Valley Park.
The agency is considering replacing the two existing tennis courts at the park near Hybla Valley Elementary School (3431 Lockheed Blvd) with a combination basketball and futsal court. A new playground has also been proposed.
Reston is getting a combined basketball and futsal court, but it’ll be at a different site than what the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA) previously proposed.
After seeking public input this spring on upgrades at South Lakes Drive Park, the park authority has teamed up with the Volkswagen Group of America and the Great Outdoor Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to recreational amenities, to instead build the dual-purpose court at Stratton Woods Park (2431 Fox Mill Road).
The renovations at Reston’s Glade Tennis Courts, which were initially damaged by a storm in 2018, are nearing completion and expected to wrap up by Labor Day weekend.
Crews are currently installing a French drain — a trench filled with gravel and a perforated pipe that directs water away from an area — at the front entrance to address previous runoff issues, Reston Association Director of Capital Projects Chris Schumaker said in a YouTube video released last Friday (July 26).
The Fairfax County Park Authority is considering changing up the mix of tennis and pickleball courts at Wakefield Park in Annandale.
The park authority will host a virtual community meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. to present a proposal to convert a tennis court into four pickleball courts.
