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Council reviews Community Event Center design tweaks: nano walls, restrooms and column span changes would add roughly $135,000 of construction cost

5581535 · August 13, 2025
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Port Orchard — The council discussed several optional upgrades to the Community Event Center design — three retractable storefront walls, a restroom reconfiguration, and removal of interior columns — and received staff estimates for additional design and construction costs.

Port Orchard — City staff presented council members with proposed design adjustments for the forthcoming Community Event Center, outlining options to increase flexibility, improve views and respond to a partner request from Kitsap Regional Library.

Design elements presented included: three storefront “nano walls” that would retract to create 12‑foot openings (staff estimated the three units at about $55,000); a restroom redesign that would convert the second floor layout from split‑gender floors to individual male/female restrooms on both floors (staff estimated $25,000 for redesign and roughly $75,000 additional construction cost for…

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