North Potomac Community Center Flagged for Delay
Construction would begin in winter 2013 under County Executive Isiah Leggett’s proposed amendments to the six-year capital spending plan
Construction on the North Potomac Community Center would be delayed by six months under Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett’s proposed changes to the six-year capital-spending plan released this month. Citing “fiscal constraints,” county records show construction on the North Potomac Community Center would begin in the fall or winter of 2013. The delay comes after Montgomery County Council authorized spending $38 million to build the community center, a 33,000-square-foot facility to be built next to Big Pines Park. Permits were obtained in fall 2012, county records show. Talks of building a community center have been going on for more than 10 years, but the design process did not begin until 2008. In 2009, the department completed …
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