COURTING LOVE CAMPAIGN
February 2025
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Our national award-winning Tennis Center has been in operation since 1991 with the current membrane installed almost 20 years ago – and it needs your love! Now that the Court Sports for Life Foundation has taken over the operation of the Steamboat Tennis & Pickleball Complex from the City of Steamboat Springs, we need to:
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Replace the membrane and insulation (the steel frame is in great shape)
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Update the lighting system and HVAC components as needed
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Resurface the courts, and
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Refresh the Welcome Center, including updating the lobby and mezzanine and renovating the restrooms ("about time," we hear you saying!)
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We estimate that it will cost about $1.9 million to do the infrastructure and resurfacing work, not including renovating the Welcome Center. Our Tennis Center Building Committee (members listed below) is energetically working on the plans and looking for ways to responsibly cut costs.
Where will the funds come from? Here's where we stand as of early January 2025:
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$ 500,000 committed by the City of Steamboat Springs towards replacing the membrane
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$ 158,000 set aside from prior operating surpluses held in a separate account for maintenance
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$ 120,000 in Courting Love gifts and pledges prior to the match (included tennis-designated gifts from the Center Court Smash fundraiser)
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$ 251,500 in new donations and pledges that were eligible for the match offered in September 2024 by two anonymous donors
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$ 250,000 in matching funds from those two donors
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For a total of $1,278,000!
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But wait, that's not all the good news. We are so pleased to announce that another anonymous donor has stepped up to offer a "New Year, New Match" of $100,000!
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BREAKING NEWS:
In early Feburary, our general contractor told us that if the Board can give its approval by mid-March, the infrastructure portion can start right after the NTRP tournament in late July, with an expected completion date of mid-October.
So what will it take for the Board to give the green light? Simply put, we will need to raise $500,000 in donations and pledges by then. Please consider giving or pledging now so we can complete this project in 2025.
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​You can contact any of us, or simply donate or pledge online by clicking on a button on this page. To donate securities, please contact David Lamb at Edward Jones in Steamboat at 970.879.7742 or david.lamb@edwardjones.com.
See you on the courts!​​
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​With deep gratitude,
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The Court Sports 4 Life Capital Campaign Committee
Becky Lamb, chair (rlamb44@msn.com)
Carol Breslau (carol@courtsports4life.org)
Britt Havard, Director of Development & Marketing (britt@steamboattennisandpickleball.com)
Debbie Modzelewski (debbie@courtsports4life.org)
Meg Tully, Executive Director (meg@steamboattennisandpickleball.com)
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Tennis Center Building Committee
Jim Webster, chair
Jeff Temple, co-chair
Laurie Buelow-Wolfe
Howard Holtzman
Bill Krueger
Krystal Mackey
Steve "Moz" Modzelewski
Jason Scicchitano, Director of Tennis
Meg Tully, Executive Director
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