It was a sunny and mild, if windy, scene on the afternoon of March 24, 2001. A small, masked and socially distanced group assembled in the parking lot of the Cleveland Rowing Foundation for a momentous occasion—the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Flats Platform Tennis Center.
The emcee for the event was Cleveland Platform Tennis Foundation Board Chair Sean Richardson. He introduced a half dozen speakers who had all been instrumental to getting to this point with the Flats paddle project.
The ceremony was short, sweet and safe. Click on the video below to see the highlights.
(Many thanks to Louie Seguin for the time and energy spent editing this video. If you’ve got video production needs, Louie’s your man.)