Miller Community Center Pickleball Courts in Seattle, WA

HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE: 1.68 acres was FIRST LAND GIVEN SPECIFICALLY FOR A PLAYGROUND IN SEATTLE (1906, Mrs. Mary M. Miller gift in memory of son Pendleton) $3.3 MILLION MICROGRID with 132 rooftop solar panels + battery storage — powers facility through major emergency 30-50 players compete during Mon/Wed/Fri 10am-12pm drop-in windows (BUSIEST PB VENUE IN SEATTLE) PICKLEBALL AMBASSADORS program funded by Seattle Park District Community-funded nets (grassroots resurfacing success story) FREE to play Originally housed in Meany Middle School Annex 78 OUTDOOR COURTS LINED FOR PICKLEBALL across Seattle (context) Seattle is birthplace of pickleball (Bainbridge Island, 1960s) — local significance Lighting unreliable due to vandalism history (late 2024-early 2025 had 4+ months of half-court darkness) Rule per Seattle pickleball tradition: serve to side of court closest to Bainbridge Island Adjacent to Meany Middle School (historian T.S. Meany namesake) St. Joseph's School nearby