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Oak Harbor kicks off recreation center feasibility study; consultants promise broad community outreach
Summary
Consultants BerryDunn and BRS Architecture presented a recreation center feasibility study funded by a $200,000 state grant and outlined a community-engagement plan that will use a statistically validated survey plus in-person "pop ups" to reach residents; council members emphasized outreach representativeness, cost control and accessibility.
Oak Harbor city leaders and consultants on March 24 opened the kickoff for a recreation center feasibility study that the city will use to determine whether, and how, to proceed with an indoor recreation facility. Maggie Aguilar, the city’s communications officer, introduced a consulting team led by BerryDunn and supported by BRS Architecture. Rich Newman of BerryDunn said the firm will combine immersion engagement (pop-ups, stakeholder meetings and business outreach) with a statistically weighted survey to produce defensible, representative results.
Newman said the study is funded in part by a $200,000 state appropriation and that…
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