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What would you like to see at a new recreation center?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on May 2, 2012
“Rec leagues, like basketball or soccer. Group classes.”
“A pool and sauna or hot tub. Plus a healthy snack bar.”
“A dog park.”
“A pool.”
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Comments
milkman_dan 1 year ago
A Scandinavian spa.
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
Like!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year ago
Canasta tables.
Andini 1 year ago
Less homeless people.
misterlee 1 year ago
Exercise equipment.
Cant_have_it_both_ways 1 year ago
A stage with a pole.
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
A buzkashi field.
RoeDapple 1 year ago
Me.
Andini 1 year ago
A boom boom room.
rockchalker52 1 year ago
I want to see it all. Build the ice rink, the gyms, the track & field venue, Olympic sized pools inside & out, an indoor jogging track, batting cages, a workout room for aerobics, a place for free weights & fitness machines, and, like Emily said, saunas & a healthy snack bar.
We have an opportunity to build a facility that will benefit the community tremendously & potentially become a regional recreational destination. It would be an economic boost for sure.
I thought canastas were those clikky things that R_I likes to snap while flamenco-ing.
Andini 1 year ago
A quidditch field.
bevy 1 year ago
Like X1000
Andini 1 year ago
An ocean for surfing.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year ago
rockchalker, Flamenco dancing is just feet, hand claps, and being bare-chested. None of those castanet thingys.
rockchalker52 1 year ago
Got it, R_I. Iz gud to lern stuff reedin' OTS.
"An ocean for surfing" Andini We need more big thinkers like this!
"Dancing pigs" T_O_B I would show up for the flamenco lessons. Oink.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year ago
I do like the idea of a boom boom room.
Have you been to the shooting range in the basement of the community building? Despicable.
Shame on you Lawrence for relegating shooters to substandard facilities.
Snap, Buzkashi? Hell in Lawrence it is illegal to home butcher your old hen or mean old rooster. Probably illegal to feed your chicken left over hard boiled egg, or a sliver of cooked chicken.
Boston_Corbett 1 year ago
ski-jump. the snow kind.
Andini 1 year ago
An equestrian center....except the city nixed that idea before.
geekin_topekan 1 year ago
A Ferris Wheel.
labmonkey 1 year ago
Several cute to hot redheads working out in sports bras and tight shorts.
snap_pop_no_crackle 1 year ago
Lawrence needs a Thunderdome!
CWGOKU 1 year ago
Line dancing and lawn darts!
Did_I_say_that 1 year ago
http://www.grandmissiontexas.com/Content/images/photo-rec-center.jpg
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 1 year ago
"A couple of years ago there wasn't enough money in the budget to keep full hours at the existing centers. What changed?" - Gandalf
The Oread Hotel... Because of TIF, there was increase in the value of surrounding real estate, which generated additional tax revenue. Sales-tax revenue also increased and jobs were added.
RockyInn 1 year ago
The Oread doesn't fall into that category. To actually have the impact you suggest, it would require much more development than what the Oread could have provided. What it has provided is far less than that. RE values have dropped for properties that have not changed hands since the Oread was finished.
none2 1 year ago
....something scandalous such as baby chicks huddled together with less than several feet of space between them. It reminds me of "I, Robot": "It can only lead to revolution!"
Boomtroculous 1 year ago
Free Fee Fridays.
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