The Village of Larchmont has proposed splitting paddle league fees by time slot. Tuesday and Wednesday night leagues at Flint Park would pay $800 per team, and daytime leagues would pay $400. The leagues that would pay those prices also raised most of the money for the warming hut next to the courts. If you've been following how the Flint Park paddle project was paid for, this proposal follows the same pattern. The players and the people who rent the courts have covered much of the cost, and now the Village is pricing its busiest hours to match.
Paddle season is starting, and the November calendar is filling up. Here's what has been built at Flint Park, who paid for each piece, and what the proposed fees would change.
Three new courts, paid for before a single league match
The Village's fundraising page explains how the rebuild began. Three new paddle courts went in at a new spot in Flint Park with better access. They were paid for by a private donation and a grant from the APTA, the national platform tennis association. The same page lists other parts of the project as funded:
- LED lighting and court heaters, so the courts can be used after snow
- Year-round bathrooms in the renovated Tennis Pavilion
- The three courts themselves
The Village also listed what it planned to offer on the new courts. That included community play through permits and guest passes, men's and women's paddle teams, clinics for adults and kids, a high school paddle club with matches against other schools, and local tournaments and round robins.
One item on that page was marked "STILL NEEDED": the warming hut. The Village set an $80,000 fundraising goal and said donors who gave $5,000 or more would be named on a plaque inside the hut.
The leagues raised nearly all of the hut's cost
The hut's actual cost came in well below the campaign goal. The paddle players raised almost all of it.
A memo in the Village Board's December 1, 2025 meeting packet gave the numbers. As of November 21, 2025, fundraising by the paddle leagues had brought in $49,421 toward the hut. The hut cost $51,663, which left a gap of $2,242. The Village said it would ask the fundraisers about one more push to close it. Put another way, the leagues covered about 96 percent of the hut before it arrived. The same memo said the hut was scheduled to be delivered on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
Before the hut could open, the viewing deck around it needed a railing for fall protection. The Department of Public Works could have built the railing itself. The memo said that would either pull crews away from fall and winter work or push the hut's opening to early 2026. Instead, the Village took a proposal from Court Pro, the company that built the new courts, to make and install a powder-coated aluminum railing for $11,988.
The railing money came from somewhere else people pay to play. The Village had a $14,370 surplus in tennis revenue from renting its tennis courts to a private club in September and October. That one-time surplus was named as the funding source for the railing. A later Board record also mentions a $5,000 donation from a local resident toward the railing.
Here's who paid for what:
| Piece of the project | Who paid |
|---|---|
| Three new courts | Private donation plus an APTA grant |
| LED lights, court heaters, year-round bathrooms | Listed as funded by the Village |
| Warming hut, $51,663 | Paddle league fundraising, $49,421 as of Nov. 21, 2025 |
| Viewing deck railing, $11,988 quote | Tennis court rental surplus, plus a $5,000 resident gift |
By July 27, 2026, the Village Board's record said "Flint Park is open for tennis, pickleball, and paddle play."
Pricing the nights everyone wants
That brings us to the resolution in the Village Board's October 19, 2026 meeting packet. Here is the key text:
"Prime Evening Play Leagues (Tuesday and Wednesday nights): $800 per team; Daytime Play Leagues: $400 per team (unchanged)."
The resolution says the Recreation Director recommended the tiered structure "following a review of current pricing, peer facilities, and facility usage." The idea is easy to follow. Daytime and evening court time haven't been priced differently before, and a lit, heated court on a weeknight is worth more than the same court in the morning. If adopted, the new fees take effect immediately.
One detail is worth knowing if you're on a league team. The FY 2026–27 fee schedule, adopted March 9, 2026, lists the paddle league fee as $300 per team, last changed in 2024. The October resolution calls $400 the "unchanged" daytime rate. The two documents give different starting numbers, so how much a team's fee actually goes up depends on which figure your team paid last season.
The item starts at timestamp 1126 in the LMC Media video of the October 19 meeting, and the Village's agendas and minutes page is where the adopted version will appear. The next regular Board meeting is Monday, November 16, at 7:30 PM.
What stays the same if you just want to play
Individual permit prices aren't part of the change. The resolution keeps all individual, family, senior and junior paddle permit fees, for residents and non-residents, at their current rates. Those prices haven't changed since 2024:
| Winter paddle permit | Early bird | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Resident adult | $200 | $250 |
| Resident family | $325 | $375 |
| Non-resident adult | $250 | $300 |
| Non-resident family | $400 | $450 |
The schedule also lists a combined year-round racket sport permit at $400 for a resident adult and $625 for a resident family.
You can only buy a paddle permit online. The Village's permits page sends both new and returning players to the Village's CourtReserve portal. Residents have to email current proof of address, and approval can take up to two business days. If you plan to play on a particular weekend, apply a few days ahead.
The same model runs Larchmont Day
Paying for village events this way isn't limited to the paddle courts. The Larchmont Day Fall Festival works on a similar model.
The festival was originally set for Saturday, September 26, at Constitution Park. In September, the Village Board approved a $10,000 sponsorship from Anna & Jack's Treehouse. In return, the sponsor gets sole billing on all event flyers, signs and banners, plus a branded tent with face painters for kids. The Village's events page says the festival usually lands on a Saturday in late September or early October at Constitution Park.
This year it has moved later. The Village's October 19 agenda lists "Saturday, November 14, 11 AM: Larchmont Day Fall Festival (new date)." Check the Village calendar for the latest details before you head out.
November, in order
The new festival date falls in the busiest week of the month in Larchmont. Here's the November calendar from today:
- Saturday, November 7, 8:30 AM to 1 PM. The Down to Earth Larchmont Farmers Market, a year-round outdoor market, sets up at 175 Chatsworth Avenue in the Metro-North upper lot off Chatsworth Avenue and Myrtle Boulevard.
- Wednesday, November 11. Village offices are closed for Veterans Day.
- Friday, November 13. The Larchmont Chamber of Commerce starts Shop Larchmont, its holiday campaign for local shopping. It runs through Saturday, December 12.
- Saturday, November 14. The farmers market is on its regular Saturday schedule that morning, and Larchmont Day begins at 11 AM.
- Sunday, November 15, 5 to 6:30 PM. A free Citizen Preparedness course meets at the Larchmont Village Center. Registration is required, and each family that attends gets one preparedness kit, according to the New York State DHSES event flyer.
- Monday, November 16, 7:30 PM. Village Board regular meeting.
- Friday, November 20. The Chamber kicks off its Holiday Dream Home Gingerbread Contest.
- Saturday, November 21. Another Saturday farmers market on Chatsworth Avenue.
The courts, lights and heaters at Flint Park were paid for by a private donation and an APTA grant, and the hut by the paddle leagues. The deck railing was budgeted from tennis rental income.
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