{"id":162771,"date":"2026-02-20T17:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/162771\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T17:06:21","slug":"southside-tennis-courts-relocation-idea-dropped-after-community-feedback-councilman-now-wants-upgrades-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/162771\/","title":{"rendered":"Southside Tennis Courts relocation idea dropped after community feedback; councilman now wants upgrades instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Councilman Joe Carlucci said in a written statement sent to News4JAX that the Southside Tennis Courts in San Marco will remain at their current location following strong community feedback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/30\/where-would-we-go-uncertainty-surrounds-future-of-southside-tennis-courts-in-san-marco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/30\/where-would-we-go-uncertainty-surrounds-future-of-southside-tennis-courts-in-san-marco\/\">about possibly moving the courts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cBased on feedback from the Tennis &amp; Pickleball Community, we will not be moving any further with the idea\/concept of moving the Southside Tennis Complex to an under-bridge location. Please be assured that all courts will remain at its current location,\u201d Carlucci said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Carlucci held an open house Thursday night about the \u201cproject\u201d involving the popular tennis complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/30\/where-would-we-go-uncertainty-surrounds-future-of-southside-tennis-courts-in-san-marco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/30\/where-would-we-go-uncertainty-surrounds-future-of-southside-tennis-courts-in-san-marco\/\">\u2018Where would we go?\u2019 Uncertainty surrounds future of Southside Tennis Courts in San Marco<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The response was enough to alter the project\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Carlucci said that rather than relocation, the Parks Department has been asked to develop plans for improvements that the community will support. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cSpecifically, we will be looking for ways to improve the current location with lighting, bathroom improvements, and more gathering spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">News4JAX reached out to the mayor\u2019s office and is awaiting a response. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Councilman Joe Carlucci said in a written statement sent to News4JAX that the Southside Tennis&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[832,116,118,117,99,53949],"class_list":["post-162771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-city-council","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-politics","tag-tennis-courts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}