New Multipurpose Sports activities Discipline, Health Path & Courts Coming to Forest Hills Park

After a few years of anticipation, North Tampa residents will quickly have a brand-new, state-of-the-art multipurpose sports activities discipline at Forest Hills Park. The Metropolis of Tampa, Mayor Jane Castor, and Tampa Metropolis Council Members authorised practically $4.2M in upgrades that additionally embrace an all-abilities health path, tennis courts, pickleball courts, and rather more. 
 
The brand new multipurpose sports activities discipline, full with bleachers and targets, will be capable of accommodate lacrosse, soccer, soccer, and rather more. The venture will embrace a number of ADA entry enhancements to the bleachers and courts. The venture additionally features a 0.6-mile paved health path with seven universally accessible train stations for individuals with and with out disabilities. 

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“This enchancment venture is simply one other instance of how Tampa Parks & Recreation is listening to what facilities neighborhood members need of their parks and recreation services,” Mayor Jane Castor stated. “By means of initiatives like these, we’ll proceed to offer the very best degree of customer support to our parkgoers. I lengthen my deepest because of Tampa Metropolis Council for transferring ahead with the approval of this essential venture for our Forest Hills neighbors.”
 
“By making a multipurpose discipline, Forest Hills Park will be capable of host a number of totally different sorts of sporting occasions, guaranteeing extra of our neighborhood can entry the Metropolis’s wonderful services,” stated Councilman Luis Viera of Tampa Metropolis Council District 7. “Tampa Parks & Recreation can host practices, tournaments, and all types of occasions that convey individuals in Forest Hills collectively by way of a love of sports activities.” 
 
The Forest Hills Park Renovation & Recreation Path Enchancment Mission additionally will create new multipurpose courts for basketball, tennis, and pickleball, a sport rising in recognition throughout Tampa and the US. 
 
Residents may even see a number of stormwater enhancements in Forest Hills Park. Crews plan to assemble the multipurpose sports activities discipline and new courts at the next elevation to assist alleviate flooding and drainage points. 
 
Group members are invited to hitch Mayor Castor, Councilman Luis Viera and Tampa Metropolis Council Members, and the Tampa Parks & Recreation Division in celebrating the upcoming park enhancements with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, at 10:30 AM at Forest Hills Park, situated at 724 W. 109th Avenue. 
 
Development on the venture is already underway and is anticipated to be accomplished in Fall 2023.