Why can I play tennis or shoot basketball for free and must pay to play pickleball? Because those courts are paid 100% with taxpayers money and no programming or scheduling is done on these courts. Look to Cranberry Twp Park & Rec Program schedule and every program offered has a fee. For your kids to play in the parks you must pay CTAA (baseball & softball) SVSC (soccer) SVJFA (football) Dek Hockey Volleyball - all charge per participant or team, by the season. Why do I have to join CTPA to play pickleball? It's a very common practice to charge a fee. A Cranberry resident has to pay to golf or to swim so charging a fee is not an unusual practice. In short, CTPA generates revenue for the township to help subsidize the Parks & Rec budget. CTPA is a volunteer organization with over 150 members volunteering over 8500 hours per year. CTPA pays 100% of the operational & capital cost of the courts, including paying to the township additional fees above & beyond for any staff support. Why do I have to pay a fee to play pickleball especially as a Cranberry resident who pay taxes? First no taxes are used for pickleball. CTPA is part of Cranberry Parks & Rec department but operates under a unique agreement that allows the volunteer to manage its own programming meeting to the township's guidelines. In exchange CTPA provides adult entertainment & exercise to well over 1500 adults and continue to teach the game of pickleball to those interested in learning. Since then CTPA via it's fees and members donations has succeeded to meet and exceed this agreement. The agreement that was worked out with the township was that member's fee would pay for all the capital & operational costs using no taxpayers money. In short, there would not be any pickleball courts without CTPA. Why is there a fee to play pickleball? Why do I have to join CTPA to play pickleball? Why do I have to pay to play as a Cranberry tax payer?
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