Teton County/Jackson Parks and Recreation Department will go before the Jackson Town Council and the Teton County Commissioners at a virtual joint information meeting today to review schematic designs and discuss the opportunities and challenges for the implementation of the 2019 Special Purpose Excise Tax for Recreation Center renovation and expansion.
Over the past several months, the parks and rec staff and a consultant team, comprised of Perkins and Will Architects, Hoyt Architects, GE Johnson, Wember Associates, Jorgensen Engineers, and Entre-Prise Climbing, have been working to process public feedback, analyze the current facility, and draft schematic plans for the project.
In August, parks and rec, along with project consultants, hosted a two-day open house to receive feedback from the community and to answer questions surrounding this and other projects. It was determined that there were three areas where additional space or deviations from the original 2019 language in the special projects excise tax proposal.
Those areas include the expansion of health and fitness to include free-weight exercise space, expansion of the lobby area to accommodate general youth and family non-programmed gatherings, and the expansion of climbing wall square footage to accommodate more users at one time. The online discussion begins at 1:30 pm.
