Here is a brief summary of the current situation:

** it is important to note that this is not a tennis vs squash issue- the developer has expressed his opinion that he doesn't think squash is worth including, but the tennis committee has been very supportive and in fact are the ones who called me to get help drum up some support for squash** Our job is to convince council that squash deserves to be included in the new facility.

The Holborn Group wants to develop some condos near the current tennis club. In order to get the zoning to do so, they have offered to replace the current tennis club with a 'World Class Racquets Facility'. Their current proposal looks great, but does not include squash courts, nor does it have a suitably sized fitness facility. They made this presentation to council at the last meeting to try and get approval, but they didn't get the approval to go ahead with the development in its current format as there were some issues on the size of the hotel to be built, the setbacks and also the fact that there aren't any squash courts in the plan. The next step is that a public open house is held (Aug 30th, Spruce Grove Field House), then council considers the community's input & decides what the developer needs to do in order to qualify to get the zoning. So, in a nutshell, we need to convince council that squash should be included and that we need a proper fitness facility.

Instructions on writing a letter to Mayor & Council: