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March 23, 2010

Council to consider community center bids next month

Charles Oliver Dalton Daily Citizen

DALTON — The Dalton City Council could vote on bids for the rebuilding of the Dalton Community Center at its April 5 meeting.

Dalton city administrator Ty Ross said the city had received 11 bids on the project when bidding ended on Tuesday. He said he and other staff members will review the bids and have a recommendation for the council members at their first meeting in April.

Ross said most of the bids had come in at or under the projected $4.3 million cost of the project. The community center, which opened in 1966 on Fredrick Street, was demolished in September.

The new building will have two full-size basketball courts, compared to one middle school-size gym in the previous building, as well as an indoor walking track, a weight room and a large meeting room that can be divided into smaller rooms if needed.

In addition to the traditional recreation activities, the center will host an office of the federal  Women, Infants and Children program. And city officials have said they would like to have a satellite branch of the Dalton-Whitfield Library there as well as programs from the Creative Arts Guild, Dalton State College and local churches and community groups.

Funding is coming from several different sources, including $500,000 in federal community development block grant money and about $1 million from the recreation department’s reserve.

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