Pickleball has become all the rage, but when a neighborhood in Aurora tried to join in on the hot new trend, they got burned.
At 40 years old, the weathered and worn tennis court at the Willow Ridge community in Aurora doesn’t have a lot of game. That’s why, in 2022, an effort was made to give it new life as a pickleball court.
The court was covered with plastic “versa tiles” and, at first, it looked like the community got an upgrade that residents like Carole Scott had waited to enjoy for decades.
“It looked great! It looked like a pickleball court,” Scott said with excitement before her tone dramatically changed to disappointment, “but it wasn’t. The balls don’t bounce.”…