Posted by: Kevin on 2009-11-27
Photo from the Reston Connection

Larry Butler, the Reston Association's director of parks and recreation, said the presidents of clusters around the Lake Newport tennis facility had mixed reactions to the suggestion that the six outdoor courts there be replaced with five indoor courts. While they appreciated the outreach, he said, they wanted to know what a new facility might look like. At the same time, he said, "There's a lot of interest out there in moving this forward, certainly with the tennis community and certainly with the Parks and Planning Advisory Committee." After consideration of a large indoor recreation center at Brown's Chapel Park exploded into angry community meetings earlier this year, with neighbors fearful of the impact such a facility would have and others wondering how its construction would be funded, the Reston Association abandoned the idea and in August tasked the Parks and Planning Advisory Committee with coming up with suggestions for indoor tennis and swimming and for improvements to Brown's Chapel. Butler said the committee had decided to tackle indoor tennis first because there had been a number of recent studies on the matter. Last month, after three or four meetings, he said, the group had forwarded to the RA Board a recommendation that the Lake Newport site, located next door to Brown's Chapel, be considered.

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