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What’s the best location for a new Cedar Rapids rec center?
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Finding a replacement home for the flood-ruined and now-demolished Time Check Recreation Center didn’t get easier after all.
A month ago, a City Hall task force — weary of trying to find a spot for the new rec center and up against a federal funding deadline to get it built — announced with some celebration that the perfect spot for the new $3-million facility was in Cleveland Park, the 8.5-acre neighborhood park that borders busy First Avenue SW at 1600 Eighth Ave. SW.
No one, though, had asked the park’s neighbors. And it turns out that many of them are not happy about replacing open green space with a rec building and a parking lot, and they’re organized now to try to make the point. More than 100 have signed a petition against a rec-center in Cleveland Park.
“Trying to shoehorn this big a project into a neighborhood park is nuts,” says Gaylon Heetland, a financial consultant who moved to the neighborhood last year, in large part because of the park.
Where do think the best rec center location would be?
Ellis Park, always has been the best place. The neighbors to Ellis should have no complaints as the park is plenty big enough to move it away from houses. It’s a no brainer, but then…..ahhh never mind.
I don’t think Ellis Park qualifies for the $3 mil. federal money.
Didn’t they close Harrison (?) Elementary? They seem to have a lot of green space, just not sure if it’s far enough from the flood zone.
Just to clarify, Sue, Harrison Elementary hasn’t been closed. It was considered for closure, but remains an elementary school at this point.
There’s definite parts of the park well out of the flood zone available up near the golff course.
So, when did the “Time Check” Recreation Center become the “Cedar Rapids” Recreation center? Since it is suppose to be in the area of Time Check, one must assume that is the approximate location of where it should be, let the people it is suppose to serve decide where that should be as much as possible.