Date and Time
Thursday Feb 18, 2016
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST
Thursday, February 18
4:00-8:00 pm
Location
City Hall
13065 Orono Parkway
Elk River
Contact Information
763-635-1161
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Description
Community engagement sessions are crucial in gathering citizen input regarding existing facilities and future needs. Elk River needs your help! Our next step is gathering input from the community at an open forum community meeting. Members of the community are highly encouraged to attend this meeting on Thursday, February 18 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at City Hall.
Information from our News Release
The City of Elk River has begun efforts on a community center feasibility study to evaluate the Activity Center (55+) the Ice Arena and Lions Park Center to determine if they should be renovated, replaced or consolidated into a centrally-located facility. The existing facilities have been in use for roughly 20 to 40 years and the rapidly escalating costs of operations, major system repairs and replacement have called for review for the future of recreation facilities in Elk River.
JLG Architects were approved by City Council in December to evaluate the existing facilities, study community needs and develop recommendations ranging from reinvestment in existing facilities or construction of a multi-generational, multipurpose community center to include a senior activity space, an ice arena and meeting/activity space for up to 400 occupants.
At the February 1, 2016, City Council meeting, JLG Architects provided a progress report on feasibility study project. Adam Barnett of JLG is the project lead along with Studio Five Architects and Ballard*King & Associates Consulting. The project is nearly 50% with Phase I, which consists of Inventory and Programming Design concepts. Another important task in Phase I is to identify and gather information from potential users and the community.
Community engagement sessions were held on January 20 and 21 with JLG, Studio Five and Ballard*King. Input was received from stakeholders, community organizations, and city recreation staff. The community engagement sessions are crucial in gathering the input regarding the existing facilities and future needs.
