Caddo Administrator Erica Bryant advised the Caddo Commission at its work session Monday that the Parish had a “verbal agreement” with the YMCA for a land lease for the $10 million pickleball complex to be constructed on the Forbing YMCA property although she did not provide any details.
Here is the most recent written correspondence on this proposed lease and management agreement.
From: Raymond Lee on behalf of Raymond Lee <RLee@ymcanwla.org>
To: ebryant@caddo.org; Patrick Wesley; cwalker@caddo.org
Subject: Caddo Parish and YMCA meeting 1/15/2026
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 6:04:57 PM
Greetings,
I appreciate your time last Thursday and just wanted to follow up with conversation points.
Property is approximately 15 acres. Parish is wanting to have 12-13 acres for park, will know more as design is being completed
Requested annual salary for pickleball employees (employee based on 56 hours a week, 8 hours per day, seven days):
Front Desk, concessions, and court official $172,972.80
Front Desk, concessions, court officials plus pickleball pro $237,772.80
Possible conversation of concessions being an expense the Parish would contract out.
Annual lease of $60,000.00 was discussed
Offer was made for revenue share. We are interested in this option but want to make sure project for the YMCA is financially safe.
Also, pickleball/park was the priority with the following options:
Athletic or soccer fields
Possible frontage road property for YMCA to lease for additional money (having frontage space to lease could lend itself to a discussion on lower lease on property Parish would lease)
Contract terms for 30 years
Would like a 1-year evaluation and then every 2-3 years after the first initial year