Middle School Tennis Courts & Renovation of Whitcomb Baseball Field

Project History:

This project first came before the Select Board in April 2022. 18 site locations were presented for review. On July 20, 2022 the Select Board were presented with the top 6 locations. At the September 12, 2022 Select Board meeting a vote to move forward with the Couper Farm parcel was taken. Places Associates was selected to create a design for the park and provide an estimate for project cost. The estimated cost of the Couper Farm project was of $1.1 million dollars was put on the November 2022 Town meeting. This request was ultimately pulled from the Town meeting warrant days before the meeting to explore the idea of a less expensive project at the Littleton High School site. The two tennis courts at the High School have extensive court long cracks that need to be drilled out, refilled, resurfaced, and repainted. Major renovations at the High School would have to occur sooner than later and looking at this new option gives the Town a chance to be proactive with maintenance and to replace a facility that will be going offline to make room for a different facility. 

In March 2023 PRCE started over again with Places Associates to obtain a new design and project estimate based on the High School location. We worked with the LPS business office, LPS Athletic Director, and Park Commission to develop the current design and cost estimation set at $734,000.   On June 13, 2023 the Park Commission voted to support bringing this project to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC). On June 28th, 2023 this project was presented to the CPC for both eligibility and funding.  On September 5th, 2023 the Select Board and Finance Committee voted to support the funding of this project at the Special Town Meeting. On November 1st, 2023 at the Fall Special Town Meeting article 9 and 10 were passed which awarded $734,000 to complete the project.

In May 2024 we noticed that the space surrounding the HS Tennis Courts design needed to be increased. The two option were to extend into the HS parking lot or straddle the property line for 36 King Street. Either option would have increased the cost of the build. Tim Michalski, PRCE Assistant Director, came up with a plan that would build a new tennis facility at the Middle School, renovate Whitcomb baseball field so that it is comparable to Jett Softball field, and reduce the PRCE 5 year capital projects costs. Two benefits of this build are that the HS ballfields can be retired and the HS can become multiple fields for soccer which eliminates the need for a new field creation, and allows the High School Tennis courts to be resurfaced and add pickleball lines which eliminates the need to build an additional pickleball court in the future.  

In November 2025 the Town proposed an amended CPC article at Special Town meeting to include the Tennis Facility at the Middle school and the renovation of Whitcomb baseball field. As well as increase the cost to $1,034,000.00 to fund a design and build both projects. 

Tentative Project Timeline:

For additional information, including permits please visit the Planning Board webpage.