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Parks & Rec committee urges county to pursue joint indoor recreation center with retractable pool at fairgrounds
Summary
The Parks & Recreation Committee recommended an indoor recreation center (multiuse courts) with an aquatic facility—favoring retractable‑roof options—and proposed siting the project at the fairgrounds; the court received the recommendation but did not take final action, asking staff to research funding and partnerships.
Mark Morgan, chair of the joint Parks & Recreation Committee, presented the committee’s recommendation to the Boyle County Fiscal Court on a new indoor recreation center that would combine multiuse courts and an aquatic facility. The committee reviewed several options and “had consensus” for a facility that would be built jointly by city and county and sited at the fairgrounds, Morgan said.
The committee presented cost estimates drawn from a recent template project: a stand‑alone indoor recreation building (four convertible courts, meeting rooms and office space) was estimated at about $12.9 million; a combined indoor recreation…
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