our website and people were seeing the
building going up, they still did not expect
(its grandness) when they walked in. They
were really amazed and happy, and now
they are using it.”
Since the seasonal closing of the city’s
three outdoor pools, the mayor said the fa-
cility is getting a lot of traffic. On a recent
drive past the complex at around 9:30 p.m.
he said there were still about 30 cars in
the parking lot.
EXTENSIVE
CONSULTATION PERIOD
The town went through a lengthy consul-
tation period with many residents, sports
groups, and activity groups to determine
what the community needed. The mayor
said they were able to meet most of the
groups’ requirements, however, he add-
ed that “sometimes we could not give
(the groups what they wanted) because
we would have had to come up with $30
million and we wanted to stay under the
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