Replacement of a tennis court to highlight new work at Hanes Park Local News

Prestwood said the tennis courts on the west side of the park are in good condition, although work is being done in this area to improve the drain.

The courts on the east side of the park “have outlived and need to be replaced,” Prestwood said.

The city’s ongoing improvement plan at Hanes Park has not been implemented without controversy: In 2018, some supporters of public schools said the improvements didn’t do enough to improve the park’s sports facilities that the city uses with schools.

Recently, a controversy over track sharing broke out on social media in response to school officials ’remarks about reserving track use for students only during internships.

And while the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County School Board is not directly involved in the park’s improvements, it voted last week without committing to the football stadium on the school property next to the park.

During an earlier phase of Hanes Park improvements that began in 2018, the city repaired the park’s main entrance near the intersection of Clover Street and West End Boulevard and created a new sign on the southwest side of the park with rocks and a pavilion. views of the park.

That work also included curved stone walls as a seating area for the tennis courts on the east side and new stone entry points to the park opposite the YMCA.