Ames Parks and Recreation Department, in collaboration with the Ames Pickleball Club, will be hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new pickleball courts at Emma McCarthy Lee Park. This event will take place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 27 at the park, located at 3400 Ross Road.

Two tennis courts were converted to six dedicated pickleball courts. The project included new fencing to separate the courts, as well as new nets and net posts. The remaining tennis courts were resurfaced with new boundary markings to be used as both tennis and pickleball courts. The Ames Pickleball Club is donating windscreens and a storage box for portable nets.