Trustees move forward on tennis courts at Austintown Park

AUSTINTOWN — Austintown Fitch High School took another step today toward playing its tennis matches next season on the tennis courts at Austintown Park.

Austintown trustees unanimously approved an agreement with Austintown schools for the construction of two new tennis courts to the east of the park’s existing four courts. Those two new courts will go where the basketball courts are now, and one of the two basketball courts will be built to the north of the tennis courts horizontally.

“The four that are there now are used quite a bit,” said Todd Shaffer, township parks supervisor. “I feel this is going to benefit the park and the school system.”

Austintown Board of Trustees and Austintown Board of Education met in public weeks ago and discussed the project.

Read more about the project in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.