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Waterford trustees back new consolidated community center plan, signal demolition of Levinson Hall
Summary
After reviewing schematic designs, trustees directed staff to proceed with a plan that consolidates recreation, senior and community services in a rebuilt Student Center with a new gym and courtyard, and to remove Levinson Hall; board members said keeping Levinson would add time and costs.
Trustees in Waterford Township on Monday reviewed schematic designs for a proposed community center at the OCC campus and signaled support to proceed with the option that removes Levinson Hall and adds a consolidated Student Center with a new gym, expanded kitchen and outdoor plaza.
The design team from Newman Smith Architecture described a reduced-size schematic (about 10,000 square feet smaller than an earlier concept) intended to control construction costs while preserving key amenities: a full high-school-sized gym with cross courts and three pickleball/cross courts, an elevated walking track, a two-story community room that can seat about 220 with partitions open, and a reconfigured kitchen to support Meals on Wheels. Jim Stock of Newman Smith said the team “started to look at the building and and how we can consolidate space and make the building, less big,” explaining the reductions were meant to avoid escalating…
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