2026 PIAC - Tennis Courts, Stone Restoration

2026 PIAC Submission: Tennis Court, Stone Restoration

Since it was founded the Roanoke Park Conservancy has worked with the parks department to seek PIAC funding for improvements throughout the park with great success. These requests have aligned with the 2011 Master Plan, and benefited from the strong support of nearby neighborhood associations.

The focus of the past few years has been improving the "south meadow," the lobe of the park southwest of the community center. These improvements include: renewing the tennis courts, new sidewalks, additional lighting, and entry pillars and signage. Over the past year the Conservancy consulted with the parks department and the team of landscape design firm Vireo and construction firm MegaKC as they brought plans to completion and began work this summer. 

to provide design intent drawings for the many south meadow projects which have received funding. With that in hand, they will be able to put projects out to bid with more accuracy and fidelity to the intentions of the original PIAC requests. See our Project Beginning Soon article for an explanation of the South Meadow elements underway. 

Our 2026 PIAC request includes:

Tennis Courts. While the courts were repainted a few years ago (thanks to earlier PIAC funding), they have aged quickly. The parks department agrees they are due for a more durable complete reconstruction. In addition to seeking PIAC funding, we're attempting to apply for a grant from the US Tennis Association for these historic courts. Did you know they date to the park's beginnings? See the pdf linked below for historical photos and article text from when a women's tourney was held in Roanoke Park in 1909! 

Stone Wall / Pillar Restoration - More Funding. Some funding was allocated in an earlier PIAC request, but we feel more will be needed. Stone is an integral part of Roanoke Park's charm – both its natural stone bluffs and historic masonry walls and pillars. Historic photographs of these stone walls and pillars show the appreciation of these elements decades ago. However recent decades have seen an insuffient level of maintenance and a recent instance of vehicle damage. If left to further deteriorate they will only get more costly to repair or slowly disappear over time - like the crashed into pillar that was cleared away recently! 

Click the images below for pdfs of the 2026 request.

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