“This is about giving back to your community and making the community a better place. Kim Chaney said gala tickets will go on sale later this year before Christmas. 11 at the Avalon Inn and Resort in Howland. The HYC has worked to achieve a goal for the students of the community,” Soloman said. “This facility will benefit so many people in the community and schools. Superintendent Raymond Soloman said he appreciates all the work and time that the HYC has put into the project. “I am all for what they have planned,” Newell said. He said the community will benefit from having a community center. Hubbard Board of Education President Don Newell said its new purpose “is a great idea and a great venture. Roosevelt Elementary has been a part of Hubbard history since 1920. The three- to five-member management board would be in charge of staffing and cleaning the building. “We are very excited about what is planned,” she said. Kelli Komlanc, secretary for the coalition and a Hubbard teacher, said many families helping have young children who will benefit from the center. Some of the rooms will be able to be used for meetings by clubs,” Kim Chaney said. “This will be a multipurpose facility for not just sports but also robotics and other organizations and groups from the school and community. Jay Crafton, a Hubbard resident with BSHM Architects, which specializes in designing athletic, sports and school facilities, is donating 100 percent of the costs for the architectural drawings to help out, Jim Chaney said. The building will continue to be in use even while work is being completed,” he said. He said the goal is to get the first two phases completed in spring 2023 and, based on fundraising, move on to the next phases to finish the project by 2024. The third phase will make a multipurpose room on the second floor and phase four will create the building’s lobby area. The second phase is creating a multifunctional training area with free weights on the first floor. Jim Chaney said the first phase of the project involves the turning balconies into platforms for batting cages, adding turf to indoor areas for multiple sports and creating a parent viewing area room. Roosevelt school was last used as a kindergarten-to-fourth-grade building in the 2011-12 school year before a new school was constructed near the high school. The community is excited about this,” Kim Chaney said. “Everyone of all ages have been supportive of the Roosevelt project. She said a young girl helped by selling doughnuts at her home and made a donation of the proceeds. Kim Chaney, treasurer of the coalition, said it has received community support from the schools and parents. The original part of the school is from the 1920s and additions were made in the 1930s. My son’s class was one of the last to go through the school,” Chaney said. “There was a lot of nostalgia with the school. Plans are to retain the original design of the historic building with its pictures on the wall. “We want this dream to become a reality,” he said. “This will really impact the community,” he said.Ĭhaney said a small board made up of representatives from various youth sports and community members will work in conjunction with the school district athletic department to oversee the center. Chaney said senior citizens would be able to use the building when students are in school. “They will be first to schedule what they need for the upcoming month,” he said.įrom the 21st to 25th of the month, youth sports will schedule dates, and then from the 25 to end of the month community groups can schedule activities on any open dates. When the building is ready for use, from the 1st to 20th of each month the school sports teams and academic groups will have priority access to the building.
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