11-17-2010, 06:51 PM
"just a Park Planner sitting at a desk in Hilo."
ME: We had an architect voluntarily present redesign for our recreational facility, which was actually really thorough, very nicely done, and would have required some capital to make a reality. Our recreational facility is 5 acres. His renderings were expansive including features we do not currently have, but I don't think it would have come close to more than a million AT MOST to have implemented. We have a fairly good sized pool; we have a baseball area, tennis courts, some work out equipment, enough room for a decent jog. His design would have added an exercise circuit and laid out the facilities in a more aesthetic fashion. It is not something we asked for, it was voluntarily submitted. It had features to accommodate the diversity of our members. Our capital improvements currently are being expensed elsewhere but it is a great design should a board in the future wish to resurrect it. Granted, it is a community recreational facility, not a public park, nonetheless, the dollar for dollar expenditures remain equal. $5.5m is a lot of money. I will be curious to read how the discussion went today.
Toni, who is a 'critter lover'
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ME: We had an architect voluntarily present redesign for our recreational facility, which was actually really thorough, very nicely done, and would have required some capital to make a reality. Our recreational facility is 5 acres. His renderings were expansive including features we do not currently have, but I don't think it would have come close to more than a million AT MOST to have implemented. We have a fairly good sized pool; we have a baseball area, tennis courts, some work out equipment, enough room for a decent jog. His design would have added an exercise circuit and laid out the facilities in a more aesthetic fashion. It is not something we asked for, it was voluntarily submitted. It had features to accommodate the diversity of our members. Our capital improvements currently are being expensed elsewhere but it is a great design should a board in the future wish to resurrect it. Granted, it is a community recreational facility, not a public park, nonetheless, the dollar for dollar expenditures remain equal. $5.5m is a lot of money. I will be curious to read how the discussion went today.
Toni, who is a 'critter lover'
www.write-matters.com
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