Mason Wallace Park Improvements
Mason Wallace Park Improvements
Mason Wallace Park is an existing 30-acre Mecklenburg County Park located at 7301 Monroe Road, Charlotte, NC 28212. The park includes a multipurpose fields, a ball field, basketball courts, a playground, tennis courts, picnic shelter, parking, and restrooms. An updated Master Plan for the park was completed in 2020.
This Improvement project will add new lighted pickleball courts. The scope of this project may also include repairs/expansion of existing paved trails, wayfinding, and/or accessibility improvements to the parking areas.
More information about Mecklenburg County Pickleball Projects: https://publicinput.com/MeckPickleball
Learn more about existing Park and Recreation locations and amenities: https://gis.mecklenburgcountync.gov/MecklenburgCountyParkExplorer/
A meeting was held on Thursday, October 2 at the park shelter. At that meeting, the three options below for pickleball and associated improvements were presented. As a reminder, each option costs about the same. Please review each option and answer the questions subsequent questions. You can also scroll to the bottom of the page to download a pdf of all three options.
Option 1 would use the space currently occupied by the back, unlit tennis courts and convert it to 4-6 pickleball courts, which would not include lights. The path from the parking lot to those courts would have to be made ADA accessible which would require extensive clearing and grading. This option would also make the middle, lit courts ADA accessible and provide a concrete pad for the portable toilet.
Option 2 would clear and grade an area adjacent to the middle, lit tennis courts to create a space for 4-6 pickleball courts. A plaza space would be created in between the pickleball and tennis courts. Existing lights would be upgraded and extended to cover both sets of courts. An ADA accessible path from the parking lot would be created and a concrete pad would be provided for the portable toilet. The back, unlit tennis courts and a portion of the path would be removed.
Option 3 would repurpose the multi-use field at the front of the park for 4-6 pickleball courts and 2-4 tennis courts. If our budget allows, lighting would be provided. In this option all field play would shift to the baseball field, which is large enough to accomodate various sports. ADA accessible paths would be added as well as a restroom. In this option we would also create an ADA accessible path to the middle, lit tennis courts and provide a concrete pad for the portable toilet. The back, unlit tennis courts and a portion of the path would be removed.
Mason Wallace Park Master Plan Development:
Additional questions? Contact:
Katie Daughtry, Planner
Katie.Daughtry@mecklenburgcountync.gov or 980-314-1014