“Having lived in 5 Ridgewood Houses over a 50 year period, all with varying levels of communal activity and noise, I feel we need to remember that, good family communities depends on their residents to both follow the rules and equally important, to look past small annoyances for the greater good of the community. IF Glen pickleballers aren’t following the rules or if the rules need to be changed, then so be it. BUT if everyone in town who experiences minor annoyances around school and community activities, reacts like the Glen neighbors, Ridgewood will not be the family community it is today. I’m sure the families of the Glen neighbors have attended many local events and activities, that were more intrusive than the pop of a pickleball. Does Town Council now support building expensive sound barriers around every field in Ridgewood, where the noise level matches the sound of a pickleball?
Standard windscreens, sound muffling bushes, enforcement of prudent rules covering the time of play, max capacity, access & yelling should be enough. Is there such a thing as a muted ball? the only results I get when I search muted pickleball, are articles about Glen.”
Sounds like we’re in a real pickle over there…
When Ridgewood was built with houses all around everything, the current level of sports use (+ permanent fencing + lights + parking issues) was not imaginable. Now every field is being treated as if it were in the middle of nowhere. It’s not.
They just like to spend taxpayer dollar as if money grows on trees.
We have way too many sports fields. They need to be replaced with apartment buildings. We need to learn how to live in a large, dense, beautiful community.