Dottie Bridges Tennis Center

It's December and warm. Head to the Dottie Bridges neighborhood courts. Play tennis or pickleball. There are 4 permanently lined pickleball courts. Two pickleball nets are outdoors on the court or bring your own pickleball net. Bring out friends and/or family members 🏓 or 🎾 You have options at your neighborhood courts. Also take a walk on the 1/2 mile hard surfaced trail! Enjoy and have fun!

We will post 'what's new for 2026 on Jan 1.

Friends of Flat Shoals Park - we are a volunteer group of residents interested in a clean & safe park. We focus on park enhancements, maintenance, safety and programs. Got ideas, join us its free!

Thank you to DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Dept for their support in making Flat Shoals Park a jewel within our neighborhood. Also thank you to the surrounding Subdivision HoAs for partnering with us thru the years to enhance this park.

Greetings, we have much going on at Flat Shoals Park.

1. Our surrounding community has reauested for one of four tennis courts to be converted to two pickleball courts leaving three tennis courts for community tennis players. Altnough its been around since 1965, Pickkeball is the fastest growing sport in America. Many in cur community are playing.
-this year it was part of the DeKalb County Senior Olympics. Our players took home medals! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
- with our community consisting of 50% seniors its wonderful to see them out getting exercise and being social. Covid stopped so much of that.
- they simply want to come to the court with a padfle and ball (like tennis players do) and play. Now they need to go purchase a net, lug it to the court, set it up to play and then wait to recover before playing. That's too much!
- lets share the courts not segregate out groups of people like our seniors.
-A Community meeting with pickleball and tennis players is set for Saturday, July 19, at 2:00 at the Community Achievement Center. 4522 Flat Shoals Pkwy. Follow-up to June 4th discussion. Come join ys

2. We are working towards submitting a grant due Sept 1st for improved signage in the park. Sponsored by the Friends of Flat Shoals Park. updae: in target for grant submission

3. We are seeking a 'gatheribg space' concept for Table Tennis in the park. We will present the concept in a Park Pride workshop in August. Hoping to apply for a grant in 2026. No other park in Southern DeKalb has table tennis. Interested? Let me know. Sponsored ny the Friends of Flat Shoals Park. Update: design prucess

4. We are putting up a new Storywalk on July 3rd for children in the park. Just in time for the 4th of July fun in the park. Update: been too hot Will unstall Aug 2

5. To reserve the park pavillion look up the DeKalb County parks department to obtain the 'pavillion' reservation number.

6. We still have a stray dog in the park. Appears friendly but has to go! Do not feed strays in the oark. Take it home to feed it! Update: dog captired

7. The park has had a foul smell and we now have a resolution. It occurs becsuse the sanitation bin top has been broke for years.; when the trash, rain and heat mix, it leaves a hortible smell in the air. Great news! We are getting a new sanitation bin! Thank you parks dept. Long over due but we thank you!!! Uodate: still awaiting roll-off bin

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