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Pickleball, yoga among activities at downtown event
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A summer series in downtown Sioux Falls is opening the streets to pedestrians.
The event launched in May and will happen during First Fridays through August.
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The sound of pickleball will be coming to a stretch of Phillips Avenue this week.
Remedy Pickleball Pub will offer a pop-up pickleball court Friday night in the Raven parking lot.
'We'll have it taped off with the lines and nets out and some loaner paddles and balls and just have the opportunity to come an play and learn the game a little bit,' Remedy Pickleball Manager Geneva Olson said.
The pop-up court is one of many activities at this month's Open Streets event happening on Phillips Avenue between 6th and 7th streets.
The June event is all about wellness.
'Put on your shorts and your T-shirts. We're going to be doing crossfit, we're going to be doing yoga. There's actually going to be a monster truck here, which is not really wellness related, just fun. There's going to be face painting, kids activities, Parks and Rec will be coming out with their mobile rec unit,' Downtown Sioux Falls CEO Brandon Hanson said.
Hanson says the events are designed to bring people together, drive foot traffic to businesses, and inform future development.
'This is pretty underdeveloped. If you have ever walked in this stretch of Phillips Avenue, there's not retail, there's not food and beverage. It's really kind of this desert in downtown and we want to show that it doesn't have to be that way, and there's future projects that are being talked about in these blocks, so what does it look like when we fill it with people and design it to be people first?' Hanson said.
And pickleball is just one of the reasons you may want to check it out.
'You can be 70 and play this game and you can be 15 and play this game and have fun. And so it's really an awesome opportunity for people to get out and get moving. Be social,' Olson said.
The Open Streets events are put on by DTSF and AARP South Dakota.
It runs from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
That portion of Phillips will be closed to drivers starting around 4 p.m.
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