I have said all along that the money exists in our community to fund these projects privately, and it SEEMS that they are stepping up;
A local nonprofit’s fundraising campaign for an indoor tennis facility is under way, and officials hope to start construction in 2013.
The cost of the seven-court indoor public facility is $3 million, and $750,000 has been committed so far, said Bill Townsend, chairman of the community indoor tennis center task force.
This is good news, and as far as I am concerned, POSSIBLE. Yes, that’s right, club sports have enough support in SF that they don’t need public money, but one wonders if the city will get involved financially once you read this post by the Norwegian Thunderbolt;
The following CIP projects were added as new projects in the Parks and Recreation 2011-2015 CIP:
- Leader’s Park ($34,200)
- Family Park ($345,800)
- Prairie Meadows Park Development ($237,500)
- Indoor Tennis Facility ($500,000)
- Indoor Ice Facility ($500,00)
- Indoor Aquatic Facility ($814,720)
Hmmm. Makes you wonder. This is my suggestion. If a majority of the money is coming from private sources, leave it that way, there is no good reason for public money to be involved. As I told someone with the Hockey Association once,
“Why would you want the city’s money? They will only use it to control you. Do it yourself and then you can operate the facility however you want as a private non-profit.”
That is really the jist of it. I could go on about gift horses and trojan wars, but I won’t.