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Pembroke Park officials ask state delegation for $500,000 to design three‑story community center
Summary
Town consultants asked the commission to seek $500,000 in state funding for design of an 18,000‑square‑foot multipurpose community center that would include emergency shelter space, a commercial kitchen and a gymnasium; demolition of a dilapidated park building was discussed as part of the plan.
Pembroke Park consultants told the town commission they will ask the municipal delegation in Tallahassee to support a $500,000 design appropriation for a proposed multipurpose community center that town leaders say would fill a long‑standing gap.
The town’s lobbyist, David Sigerson, and government‑relations consultant Connie Benash outlined the proposal during the meeting. “Pembroke Park does not have a community center,” Sigerson said, and the $500,000 request would pay for design of an 18,000‑square‑foot building, laid out as three 6,000‑square‑foot stories.
The consultants said…
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