04/16/2026
📣📣📣📣permanent Pickleball courts!
Coming in May!! One of four courts at Flat Shoals Park (aka Dottie Bridges) in Decatur, GA is being converted into two pickleball courts at the request of the surrounding community. This site has 264 pickleball players who will be relieved they no longer have to carry nets and ball stoppers to play Pickleball. Park users will be able to play tennis or pickleball when they visit the park or rent a pavillion. Must bring your own paddles or rackets & balls.
When is construction? May 4-15
All courts will be CLOSED. the first week. Courts 3&4 'may' be open the 2nd week. It's will be up to the vendor to decide. They requested two weeks to perform the installation.
Congratulations to community residents who showed up to meetings or wrote emails/letters of support for pickleball in their neighborhood park.
Pickleball program play is held:
-Wednesday mornings
-Bi-weekly Fridays
-Sunday Funday
Otherwise with the new courts you can pop-in and play anytime, as is done with tennis. It is great to have a choice!
Pickleball has been around since 1964. The game uses a smaller paddle, smaller court and a plastic ball with holes in it. Originally considered a game for seniors, it's been embraced by all ages. At Dottie Bridges players range from 8 to 84.
In 2026, in addition to pickleball, the park will receive a safety face lift, with new signage, to provide information about what is in the park and directional flow to get to the park greenspace.
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