Our Mission
Our mission is to foster public health and economic development through community engagement with the sport of tennis. Our goal is to improve the quality of life for community members through the restoration, development, and operation of free, accessible, safe, and functional tennis facilities for the public.
The NTCA serves as a voice for underserved tennis communities through community engagement opportunities to increase public awareness and involvement in community park developments.
Our Key Priorities
NTCA is a voice for underserved tennis communities, aiming to support opportunities that will increase public awareness and involvement in community park developments.
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Serve underserved and urban communities to provide tennis resources to the public such as tennis clinics, coaching, events, and local tournaments for children and adults
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Support economic development by partnering with industry, municipalities, and peer organizations to promote tennis in targeted communities
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Support development, maintenance and access to public tennis courts for underserved local communities by partnering with existing tennis community associations, community partners, and local government
Our Story
A group of neighborhood tennis players in Birmingham, Alabama discovered that the tennis courts at a neighborhood park were at risk to be completely repurposed without representative engagement to the neighborhoods affected and to residents that use the park. We saw a need to provide representation to protect access to tennis in a fight against inequity and discrimination.
NTCA believes that proper representation and engagement within communities is needed to understand true impacts to the local communities being served. Now, we are motivated more than ever to fight for access to tennis in areas where access to recreation is needed most.
NTCA believes growing access to the sport of tennis provides immeasurable benefits to a community in terms of opportunities for youth, families, and entire communities to have a sport that truly fosters the breakdown of systemic cultural barriers that still exist today between social class, race, age, origin, and orientation.