and the Izaak Walton League to secure tree protection and over 2,000 seedlings that were planted in the Allegheny County parks. The park rangers, trail crew, and trail contractor completed maintenance, improvements, marking and reroutes totaling 73,315 linear ft. (13.89 miles) of trail with 2,645 hours invested in tail projects.
2023 Capital Projects Boyce Tennis & Pickleball
We are Beautiful – Knowing Your Self-Worth Summer Camps We are Beautiful is a specialty workshop that provides each girl and young woman with the skills to develop and strengthen their confidence to build their self-worth. Their programming is designed to assist girls and young women ages eight through 18 with building life skills, developing self-confidence, and forming mentorship relationships. The first camp, held this past summer at Boyce Park Four Seasons Lodge, had just over 20 participants. 2023 Ranger Highlights In 2023, park rangers had their most successful Outreach Programming year yet, reaching 9,456 participants. The large increase was credited to school programming throughout the county. In addition, the rangers hosted 68 volunteer projects with 715 total volunteers working 2,054 hours. This work could be valued at a total of over $65,000. The park rangers again partnered with the 10 Million Trees for Pennsylvania Project
The newly renovated Boyce Park tennis and pickleball complex opened to the public in December 2023. The facility features six pickleball courts, two hybrid tennis and pickleball courts, and two tennis courts, replacing the previous six tennis court complex that was built in 1977. Construction work was awarded to CH&D Enterprises, Inc., took approximately 6 months, and cost $1.1 million dollars. Site design was completed by Environmental Planning and Design, with engineering support from AWK Consulting Engineers. The project also received a $250,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program. The new complex features an entirely new asphalt court surface, new fencing, a renovated brick shelter adjacent to the courts, a repaired road and improved parking layout, and landscape enhancements, including 2 large rain gardens that will manage stormwater runoff from the 36,000 square foot court surface and help improve local water quality. Due to cold temperatures, the final court color surfacing will not be installed until spring 2024, but the courts were line striped to enable use over the winter.
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