Renovations Complete At Deer Lick Park Tennis Courts

DOUGLASVILLE, GA — The newly renovated tennis courts at Deer Lick Park opened Friday with a socially distanced ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The event celebrated the finished construction of five new courts, a picnic pavilion, restroom facility and lighting, all funded through a special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST) passed in 2016.

“The Deer Lick Park Tennis Courts had many issues, and it was time to create this newness and make updates to the park. With the support of the community by approving the SPLOST and providing their pennies, they’re seeing where their pennies are going,” Parks and Recreation Committee Chair Henry Mitchell III said. “Your pennies have done well.”

According to the SPLOST Project Manager Terry Gable, Deer Lick took seven months. The design team was Carter Watkins Associates, and the contractor was Integrated Construction and Nobility Inc.

Deer Lick Park is located at 2105 Mack Road in Douglasville.

Douglas County Board of Commissioners Director of Communications Rick Martin contributed to this article.