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Updated plans for Reed Gym expansion considered first step towards aquatic center
Steven Glenn
Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: News
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After two campus-wide votes on the topic, the Associated Students of ISU (ASISU) chose not to raise any more money for what was called an Aquatic Center in 2004. It was determined that the $27 per full-time, fee-paying student would not build an aquatic center. Rather, the $27 would fund an expansion to the student recreation facilities at Reed Gym.
With that, student leaders, campus recreation administrators, and architects from Meyers-Anderson have been meeting for months to decide what would be best to do with the monies available.
"We are looking at $6.5 million to $7 million based on what we can bond, what the bonding rates are, what student enrollment is, and what the future student enrollment is projected to be," said Doug Milder, Director of Campus Recreation.
According to Milder, the Student Recreation Center expansion will consist of new cardio and weight space, and an elevated indoor jogging track around the Tennis Center. What is new about this design, according to Milder, is that the east wall of the Tennis Center will be removed, and will be open, with bleachers and the like, so patrons can watch tennis or whatever is going on.
The new addition will also house new offices for the Recreation Department and a central entrance to the various campus recreation facilities that are a part of Reed Gym. Right now, the Campus Recreation Department offices are as far away from their areas as they can possibly be, and still be in Reed Gym. Also in the works are several more multipurpose rooms, storage space, and other things needed to support the new areas. New designs will also make the Tennis Center brighter and bring in more natural light, making it a more comfortable space.
Milder said that all the construction costs will be from monies collected in the future, and none will come out of the $1.3 million that has been collected since 2005. According to Milder, some of the bonding costs and architectural costs will come out of that fund, as well as about $400,000 for the purchase of new equipment, fixtures and furnishings to the facility. As to where the rest of the money collected is going to go, Milder chose not to comment.
With that, student leaders, campus recreation administrators, and architects from Meyers-Anderson have been meeting for months to decide what would be best to do with the monies available.
"We are looking at $6.5 million to $7 million based on what we can bond, what the bonding rates are, what student enrollment is, and what the future student enrollment is projected to be," said Doug Milder, Director of Campus Recreation.
According to Milder, the Student Recreation Center expansion will consist of new cardio and weight space, and an elevated indoor jogging track around the Tennis Center. What is new about this design, according to Milder, is that the east wall of the Tennis Center will be removed, and will be open, with bleachers and the like, so patrons can watch tennis or whatever is going on.
The new addition will also house new offices for the Recreation Department and a central entrance to the various campus recreation facilities that are a part of Reed Gym. Right now, the Campus Recreation Department offices are as far away from their areas as they can possibly be, and still be in Reed Gym. Also in the works are several more multipurpose rooms, storage space, and other things needed to support the new areas. New designs will also make the Tennis Center brighter and bring in more natural light, making it a more comfortable space.
Milder said that all the construction costs will be from monies collected in the future, and none will come out of the $1.3 million that has been collected since 2005. According to Milder, some of the bonding costs and architectural costs will come out of that fund, as well as about $400,000 for the purchase of new equipment, fixtures and furnishings to the facility. As to where the rest of the money collected is going to go, Milder chose not to comment.
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Jake
posted 4/25/07 @ 3:15 PM MST
An elevated track? What? How is that possible in a structure that was built around old, existing tennis courts. The best thing to do do is tear it all down and start all over again. (Continued…)
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