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Community center committee backs new building on lot 68; select board splits over $88,200 design request
Summary
The Bow Community Center Study Committee recommended building a new community center on lot 68 and asked the Select Board for up to $88,200 for schematic design and $500,000 to the capital reserve fund; the Select Board debated timing, costs and a required 2025 fire-and-life-safety plan but took no final vote.
The Bow Community Center Study Committee recommended replacing the town’s aging community center with a new facility on town-owned lot 68 and asked the Select Board on Jan. 14 to support up to $88,200 for schematic design and a request for additional capital-reserve funding.
Danielle (vice chair, Community Center Study Committee) presented the committee’s work: three concepts considered and public listening sessions that led the committee to recommend full new construction on lot 68 (the parcel across the street where the gazebo sits). The recommended new facility would add a full-size gym, dedicated senior and teen spaces, more program rooms, accessible green space and more parking; the committee estimated a construction…
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