closed #209232
Parks & Playgrounds
1400 W RCA Park DR
- Case Date:
- 3/12/2026
Not enough pickle ball courts. Need more!
Not enough pickle ball courts. Need more!
We need more and better maintained Pickleball courts at RCA Park. That seems to be the hub of Pickleball IN Bloomington. Very few people ever use the tennis courts there. however, many people use and wait on Pickleball courts.
The current number of courts (6) is completely inadequate. There are so many players in the mornings and evenings that you have to wait 30 minutes or more to play a single game. The solution is to add permanent pickleball courts where the remaining two tennis courts are now and put up a basic set of rules that encourages players to rotate off the court after they finish their game. Those tennis courts are rarely used for tennis and there are more than enough courts in other locations around the city.
The third swing is broken, the chain is not attached to the pole
The sidewalk north of the tennis courts in the Southeast park does not drain and as a result the sidewalk is frequently muddy and difficult for pedestrians to navigate. You cleaned off the mud last spring, but the underlying lack of drainage has not been addressed. And during the winter although the rest of the walkways around the Southeast park were welll plowed, the stretch along the north of the tennis courts was not plowed at all.
Third Street playground is located on a busy road and the playground is not fenced in on all sides. The younger toddler play set is located right next to an unfenced area that is located very close to the road. While playing today a two year old wondered from the playground into the road after he slid down the slide on the toddler portion of the playground. Luckily there were no cars coming and a bystander stepped in. This could have been prevented if the fence was extreme Ed to include the north end of the playground as well as a fence included between the playground and the small parking lot.
One of the brick slides at Karst Farm park is breaking and causing cuts/scrapes on the backs of legs and bottoms of children.
Park Ridge Park appears neglected. Leaves from last Fall, branches and sticks from first storm and pinecones on sidewalk.
Along the mowed park path on the line of pine trees between 2304 E Pierson Ct and Olcott Park just west of the main park entrance, someone has discarded empty liquor bottles, vape pens, and tobacco containers in several locations.
Park Ridge East Park wooden fence is in shambles. It’s not achieving the desired purpose of a barrier between the road and the park. It is splintery, and it is not sturdy at all. A child is likely to get hurt.