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McCarren Tennis would like to thank the following donors, without whom our restoration efforts would not have been possible.
2013 Sponsors
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor, please email us.
June 4th, 2011 - 12:15
Can someone please explain to me how Parks and Rec has the nerve to hike the individual price for a tennis pass by 100% from last year (now $200 from last year’s $100), then take away an entire weekend for people who bought the pass to play at the McCarren courts, then announce that the proceeds from this “benefit” tournament will go to the upkeep and improvement of the McCarren courts? Why are we paying $100 more than last year? I doubt the Parks and Rec workers got a substantial raise this year. I’ll be damned if I will “donate” any money to maintain those courts after forking over $200 bucks to play for a season, then having a whole weekend (the only time most of us can play) taken away for a “benefit”. Thanks a lot. Next time, why don’t you give us hard-working New Yorkers some explanation of both the fee hike and why you think it’s okay to steal a beautiful weekend from us.
June 4th, 2011 - 15:50
Aaron, I am assuming you are new to the neighborhood. Welcome. Last year, and for 25 years before that, we had courts that were wrecked to the point of unplayability. The Parks department hadn’t resurfaced them in over 25 years. For that reason, a group of local volunteers banded together and started raising money to repair our local courts. After 5 tournaments, hand resurfacing one court ourselves, and doing our best to raise awareness in the media, we were able to secure a $60k grant to fully restore the courts last fall. But because the Parks department still does not spend one dollar of permit fees to maintain our courts, we still hold 2 fundraisers per year. 100% of the proceeds go the the repair and maintenance of the courts.
In case it’s not clear to you from the following, we are not the Parks department. In fact, we fought a long fight against the fee increases and continue to lobby Parks to end its discrimination against tennis players and roll back its unsustainable fee increases. In short, we are not the enemy — we’re the good guys who you can thank for bringing beautiful courts back to Williamsburg. I apologize for the loss of one and a half weekend days, but I’m pretty sure the community is better off because of our fundraising. I hope you will play next year….
Please read our website for more info. And perhaps you want to get involved in the fight. Let us know.