Herman C. Michael To Get County's First Outdoor Pickleball Court

The many pickleball enthusiasts who turned out at the Oconee County Town Hall meeting in February got the good news on Tuesday that the county will resurface the six tennis courts at Herman C. Michael Park on Hog Mountain Road and stripe two of the courts for their sport.

The Board at its meeting on Tuesday tentatively agreed to a contract with Advance Athletic Services LLC of Dublin for $56,698 for resurfacing the two quick start courts and the four regulation tennis courts.

The two quick start courts will include painted lines for pickleball.

In other action, the Board tentatively approved an agreement between the county and the newly created Tourism and Visitors Bureau spelling out how money from the Hotel-Motel Sales And Use Tax will be allocated.

The Board also gave tentative approval to purchase of a new engine for Fire Station Number 5 on SR 15 (Greensboro Highway) in the far south of the county and to spending $2.1 million for resurfacing of residential roads in the county.

Board of Commissioners Chair John Daniell announced at the beginning of the meeting that the next Town Hall Meeting will be 6 p.m. on Oct. 8 at Oconee Veterans Park.

Daniell said the meeting will include a discussion of Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir in Walton County and of the work of the county’s Economic Development Taskforce.

For more on the story, with a video of the Board of Commissioners meeting, please go to Oconee County Observations.