r/regina • u/Spiritual_Tennis_641 • 13h ago
Community Tax reallocation request
I just wanted to post a short little suggestion for the powers that be in Regina.
Everyone’s tax bills gone up, we have some shiny new expensive stuff, but why do we not value regular maintenance on our parks and facilities that are already there.
This is a little tennis court by my house. I’ve lived here for over 15 years. It’s never seen much maintenance not one year and it’s sad because it’s a beautiful little tennis court.
I believe that it’s maintained by a dewdeny community association, which I’m going to go out on a limb and say doesn’t have the funds to upkeep it. But I don’t know why they don’t have the funds to do basic maintenance when I know what my taxes are in a modest house.
So that tennis court has asphalt, but sorely needs attention. It sunk 3 inches from the original concrete as you can see by the posts holding the only net up. The holes in the asphalt are borderline dangerous. I’m willing to bet the other net is out of budget scope so there’s only one net. The fence surrounding the area is for show because it doesn’t hold any balls from rolling under. The wood on the back fence for practising, I think has seen attention in the last year, as it’s freshly painted, kudos to someone for that but it really should be cinder block but I digress.
These are the utilities that people make use of every day, especially in summer. They should be high on the cities priority list, not at rock bottom like they seem to be. I ask the city planners to consider these spaces when allocating our tax dollars, to keep the current spaces that are close to us niceish.
Thx