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New tennis pavilion is nearing completion at Cadwalader Park in Trenton
By Cristina Rojas/The Times of Trenton
on June 29, 2014 at 7:00 AM, updated June 29, 2014 at 7:02 AMTRENTON — Workers are putting the finishing touches on a new tennis pavilion in Cadwalader Park, marking the final phase of a four-year, $1 million project that the city and National Junior Tennis & Learning of Trenton undertook to revive and refurbish the long-neglected courts.
In its heyday, Cadwalader Park was a hub for tennis, but in the following decades fell into disrepair.
The first two phases involved refurbishing the existing six hard courts and transforming the six weed-ridden clay courts into 14 age 10-and-younger child-size hard courts and a stadium court, said Rob Howland, NJTLT executive director. The funds were provided by a public and private partnership between the city, NJTLT, Friends of Cadwalader Park Tennis, the United States Tennis Association, private individuals and local businesses.
Now known as the Junior Champions Tennis Center, it is the largest outdoor junior short-court development facility in the United States and in 2013, was named one of USTA’s outstanding public tennis facilities.