Features
From prior meetings and surveys this is the list we are starting with and either adding or subtracting as we go.
Community Center Programming wants/needs:
Space for youth and teens
Large Space(s):
Historical Society Space
Park and Rec department office
Community Center Programming wants/needs:
Space for youth and teens
- Gymnasium, (with and without organized activities)
- Day care & Playground area,
- Electronics (computer, x-box, games..etc)
- Movies, non- electronic games,
- Need for larger new multi-use gymnasium
- Fitness, walking track, Nutrition
- More active offerings (dances, lunches…etc)
- Meet/greet area – social gathering space
- Education/computer activities (Tax Help, Legal Aide…etc)
Large Space(s):
- Banquet with kitchen (wedding, reunions, large gatherings)
- Convention type activity (chamber showcase)
- Flea market, Auction(s)
- Special group events (lions, Jaycees…etc)
- Upgrade and conversion from current gymnasium(s) to full banquet facility, with partitioned space and storage
- Shared education opportunities:
- Safety and health (CPR, first-aid…etc)
- Community Ed program,
- ISD 742 Community Ed,
- Small meetings spaces/rooms
- Remodel, with/without wall reconstruction (weight bearing vs barrier walls)
- Special events
- Flea markets, farmers market
- what will external space look like, parking , open, garden, gathering…
- Brick and mortar (an actual branch) or Service (drop off, pickup from GRRL)
Historical Society Space
Park and Rec department office
- Combined park with activities (youth and adult)
- Staffing and storage needs
- From City Hall, through the facility, to new gymnasium, knowing there is no clear path.