Economic Vitality Committee Agenda and Packet 2024 08 16

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She hopes to see the LeBlang's dream become a reality. "Oh, I think it's amazing," Schlageter said. "It's honestly a no-brainer for the city of Louisville. I mean, I'm a property owner as well as a business owner in Louisville, and that piece of land that he wants to develop has been just sitting there unused, empty. It's just a prime piece of real estate that has so much potential and it has just gone unused for like, as long as I know —14 years, maybe longer — but it's in such a prime location to be made use of for great community purpose. "I think that Steve has the plan and the funding and the knowledge and expertise to develop that land into something amazing for the community. I truly think it's like a gift handed to us on a silver platter." Rob Scott, the executive director of the Intermountain Section of the United States Tennis Association — which includes Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Montana and Idaho — said he believed the proposal had the "greatest chance of surviving?' "I think it might be the University of Michigan (who) did a study on the healthiest sports in the world, and tennis was by far the winner," Scott said. "If you play tennis regularly, your life is extended by 10 years. That's the bottom line. It's the best sport for health and wellness. What that means is it helps society because people are fitter, they're happier. There's a whole host of positive benefits for society, for people who play tennis. "In terms of if people had this opportunity, then that would continue. If they don't have this opportunity, then it's going to be quite difficult. People have to travel greater distances to play outside of the Boulder County area. It's going to be hard to find facilities for them to actually play at." Earlier this week, LeBlang — in partnership with the USTA — sent out a mass email asking tennis aficionados to contact their local city and county officials and urge them to support the project. Their website, https://lafayetteracquetclub.com/, also details the plan. In the coming weeks, he intends to speak before the Lafayette and Louisville city councils to lay out his proposal and ask them to amend the IGA. Bradley Curl, a real estate attorney with Packard and Dierking, said that all three parties — Louisville, Lafayette and Boulder County — would have to agree to expand the scope of recreational activities to include tennis and pickleball.