Parking Lot is Paved!

This Wednesday we had the chance to pave the new parking lot and get closer to completing the project!  The crews showed up after a few weeks off and added 6 inches of crusher run, which is a form of gravel.  Next, they came in with a large road grader to smooth out the surface and prepare for the asphalt.  When pouring the asphalt, they had to roll it constantly to flatten and harden the surface to help it cure.  After about 4 hours they had completed the pour and the lot was left overnight to harden and cure.  Thursday and Friday our staff has been hard at work to repair all the piles of dirt around the edges of the lot and get it ready to seed.  The seed and straw mat we put down will help to hold the dirt and stabilize the steeper banks.  In the middle of September we will install landscape plants surrounding the new lot to help hide and beautify the new area.  Here are a few pictures of the paving in action!

This guys job was to roll the light colored gravel and pack it very firm, then he rolled all the hot black asphalt to pack it smooth!

Here was the first pass with the asphalt machine!

Here it the entrance to the parking lot after it was all paved.  Now we will work to finish all the dirt piled up around the curbing and get ready for the landscape planting this Fall!

Here is Colten working on smoothing out and packing all the dirt left over!  We are on the home stretch and will be done in the next week!  Once the we get the lines painted in the parking we will open it up for daily use!

Tennis Court Resurfacing

This last week was a busy one up at the Tennis Center.  We had a company come in to re-surface 6 of the tennis courts, and installed new lines on 4 of those courts.  This process had many steps, but ultimately it involved adding about 2,000 pounds of new clay to each court.  I will try to show you a few before and after pictures below.

The first step was to remove all the old lines from each court!

Then they scooped up all the old loose Clay and debris

The nets were also removed before adding the new clay

Here they are rolling the lines to help assure they are flat and completely secured

Hammering the new lines in!

Here is a view of court 1 after they are full completed.  All new clay, lines, and the net replaced!  Time for some matches!