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Provo City Recreation Center
During today’s council meeting we received an update on the new Provo Recreation Center. The current goal is to complete the construction by February of 2013. The architect was announced as being VCBO architecture, the group which had prepared the initial rec-center study. I imagine that this means the final product will be fairly similar to the original concept they provided us with.
One component of effectively building this nearly $40 million dollar project is getting the contractor, Sandy based Layton Construction, involved early in the design process. Based on everything I have seen it looks like both firms are already working hard to make sure that the residents get an extremely good product at a fair price to the taxpayers.
Many will remember that last November 59% of Provo voted in favor of a modest property tax increase in order to pay for the recreation center.
I imagine many details still remain to be finalized prior to construction, but would invite you to look at this PDF to get some idea of the key services and activities that the new rec center will bring to the city.
Recreation Center Bond Passes – Construction to Begin mid-2011
Passing by almost a 20% margin, with every precinct but East Bay seeing a majority, Provo voted resoundingly to build a $39 million dollar Recreation center at North Park in Provo.
This vote was a bit unique for several reasons. First, unlike the $40 million used on iProvo, the city council did not vote directly to fund the project, but rather allowed the voters of the city to decide whether they wanted to see a modest property tax increase in return for a recreation center facility.
Additionally, while recreation projects lost by landslides in neighboring cities like Eagle Mountain, Provo’s election was distinctly the opposite, with voters expressing a clear desire to see the rec center built.
With the recreation center being located off of Freedom, next to the splash pad, Provo’s downtown neighborhoods will greatly benefit from this new facility.