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Plans For Pickleball Courts At Snyder Park Stir Outrage Among Some In Fort Lauderdale
The deal was made official last year, but after 1,000 residents signed a petition city officials agreed to hear their concerns.
August 23, 2o23
FORT LAUDERDALE -- Furious residents gathered at Parker Playhouse Tuesday evening to ask officials at the city commission meeting about the future of Snyder Park.
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"Snyder Park was originally given to the city to be maintained as open space and wilderness for public enjoyment," said Kevin Cochrane. "As we've seen here before in the city of Fort Lauderdale, using a public-private partnership, we are once again giving away public land for private profit."
Cochrane is leading the effort to conserve the park after the city made a deal with a developer to build 42 pickleball courts on a portion of its grounds.
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