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Recreation subcommittee outlines options for an ice rink; land availability and cost are major obstacles
Summary
A Recreation Board subcommittee presented four options for a community ice rink, ranging from municipal-funded construction to using Pease/Pease Development Authority land; members cautioned the city lacks suitable land and that private partners typically require multiple acres.
A Recreation Board subcommittee reported to the Portsmouth City Council on Feb. 18 about its review of options for creating an ice rink in Portsmouth. The subcommittee contacted private operators, Pease Development Authority representatives and other stakeholders and distilled findings into four viable approaches.
Options included: (1) a city-funded facility placed on the CIP (capital and construction costs would be high—two-sheet facilities in other communities were quoted at roughly $7.7 million); (2) building in or filling a wetland buffer zone (the subcommittee did not recommend this option and councilors expressed reluctance to develop in buffer zones); (3) locating a nonprofit-operated facility…
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