News Release

July 14, 2006

Groundbreaking Signals Community Project at Julia Davis Park

The City of Boise and Boise State University have announced a cooperative effort to renovate and expand the tennis courts at Julia Davis Park with the lead gifts coming from the Micron Technology Foundation and long-time community tennis players and tennis fans Emmet and Janet Herndon. The Idaho Tennis Association also has announced its financial support and involvement of the complex remodel and will help fund lighting and seating.

Tennis-playing members in the community will be able to play on six beautiful courts surrounded by natural landscaped seating. The site will be perfect for community, youth and high school events, as well as collegiate tournaments. The Julia Davis courts, along with Boise State s own Appleton Tennis Complex, will position Boise State to bid on regional and national tournaments.

Each of the six courts will be named for 25 years in the honor of community donors to the project. With the gifts from the Herndon family and the Micron Technology Foundation kicking off this project, and with Boise State Athletics and the friends and family of Ron and Lotus Dibelius purchasing a third court, three courts now remain for naming opportunities.

Those interested in contributing to the Julia Davis tennis complex project are invited to contact Boise State s Ron Dibelius (ph: 208-426-4247, rdibelius@boisestate.edu).  

Boise State University’s new - and Idaho’s only - Executive MBA program will hold a final informational open house for prospective students from 5:30-7:30 p.m. July 19 in the Allen Noble Hall of Fame adjacent to Bronco Stadium. The program begins in September and a limited number of seats remain. Visit http://emba.boisestate.edu.

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