Des Moines, Iowa — The Doon Community Center undertaking has acquired almost half one million {dollars} as a grant from the state of Iowa.
This week, the Enhance Iowa Board awarded $1,775,000 in Community Attraction and Tourism — or “CAT” — grants to that undertaking, in addition to a splash pad in Huxley, a path undertaking in Okoboji and a recreation heart in Denison. Additionally, the board awarded a $4,000 Sports Tourism grant to advertise the Kewash Trail Half Marathon.
The former Doon Community Center began life as a Works Progress Administration undertaking about 80 years in the past. But on the time it was constructed, it was to be a brand new highschool for Doon and the encompassing space. It served as that, after which because the “south center” for Central Lyon Schools for a variety of years. After that, it served as a group heart, group health club, and library. The building was torn down this previous summer season in anticipation of the brand new group heart undertaking.
The new building, which is projected to cost $3.18 million was awarded a CAT grant of $475,000. The undertaking consists of the development of the brand new group heart which is able to comprise a health club, health room, library, assembly room, kitchen and an open space that could possibly be used for smaller conferences. A $1.5 million bond challenge handed for the undertaking in November. The undertaking has additionally acquired funding from the Lyon County Riverboat Foundation.
Not too distant from our space, the Tatanka Ska Trace Project, Phase IV(b) acquired $200,000 towards the estimated $1.1 million undertaking, which incorporates the development of two.5 miles of path that may present Lake Park and Montgomery with direct access to the Spine Trail and West Okoboji Trail.
The Enhance Iowa Program gives monetary incentives to communities for the development of leisure, cultural, academic or leisure services that improve the standard of life in Iowa. To date, 136 CAT grants have been awarded by the board, totaling over $46 million.
