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This 41,350 square foot facility
was constructed utilizing 75% local government funding and 25% private
funding. Included in the facility are two administrative offices, an indoor
swimming pool, a gymnasium, a weight/exercise room, a ten-lane bowling
alley, two racquetball/handball courts, four meeting rooms, a game room,
a snack bar, toilet facilities, shower/locker rooms, a gymnastics room,
and a multi-purpose balcony space. An integral part of this project
was to develop a Master Plan for the city's newly-acquired property of
approximately fifteen acres. The solution involved the extension of two
major city streets with the Community Center located on the axis and at
the termination of the Bruce Street extension. The main entrance to the Community
Center is on Bruce Street. The entrance lobby is a sixteen-foot high space
with a stained glass mural skylight. Lobby space is used primarily for
display. Four meeting rooms and a snack bar open off this lobby. The bowling
alley is located in a wing to the left of the lobby. To the right, the
lobby opens to a concourse with a glass wall that allows viewers to look
down upon the swimming pool. A ramp leads up and down at the end of this
concourse. The down ramp leads to an intermediate level where you may
enter the locker/dressing rooms and the swimming pool area. Further down
this level are the gymnasium, the weight room, the gymnastics room and
the racquetball/handball courts. The up ramp leads to a large balcony
that allows spectator viewing in the gymnasium, the racquetball/handball
courts, and the swimming pool. This balcony area also serves as multi-purpose
space for small group activities.
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