Commerce advances plan to convert Inwood Bank into City Hall Annex and community meeting space

City of Commerce staff discussed plans to convert the former Inwood Bank building at 1312 Washington Street into a City Hall Annex and community meeting space during a special City Council meeting. The presentation, given by Mister Lisenby, outlined a phased renovation that would create a meeting room for roughly 80 to 125 people, add ADA improvements and allow the space to be reconfigured later as office space for development services.

The project matters because the city lacks public meeting space for gatherings of 100 or more and because building new facilities has become expensive. “This was an opportunity for us to acquire, a quality structure, at a great location convenient to our operations and our ability to serve the community, at about a third of what it would cost to build a new facility of similar size and function,” Mister Lisenby said. He said the city originally sought federal EPA grant funding for a new community center but was not funded.

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