Sterling Heights Mayor Michael Taylor takes a sledgehammer to a wall inside the property that will be renovated to become the city’s new pickleball facility during a groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 23.

Photo by Brian Wells

STERLING HEIGHTS — With sledgehammers in hand, Sterling Heights city officials took to knocking down the first walls of a property transformation that will eventually become the city’s new pickleball facility.

At the City Council’s Sept. 2 meeting, Parks and Recreation Director Kyle Langlois presented the council with a proposal to purchase property at 35630 Van Dyke Ave., near 15 Mile Road, to construct a new facility.

The investment comes in at $9.7 million, $2.5 million for the purchase of the property and $7.2 million for the design and construction of the facility,

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