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Council hears Frontier Center renovation update; project about 70% complete with majority private funding
Summary
City staff and the Civic Foundation reported the Frontier Center expansion is roughly 70% complete, with major private pledges — including a $4.4 million pledge from Frontier Credit Union — and an opening ceremony targeted for March–April; councilors asked about phases, accessibility and costs.
Pam, the municipal services project lead for the Frontier Center renovation, told the Idaho Falls City Council the lobby expansion and related work are progressing on schedule and largely funded by private donors. “Just a delicate mention that over 80% of this project has been funded with private partnerships, foundation donors,” Pam said, and outlined the project’s legal and committee history dating to an ordinance in April 2016 that created a Civic Auditorium Committee and a 2018 ordinance that allowed the Civic Foundation to solicit gifts.
Pam said the construction contract with Construction Solutions Company was awarded at about $7.19 million and that construction is roughly 70% complete. Change orders to date for construction are “about 0.7%,” she said, and staff have identified…
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