Is there public support for proposed community center?

To the Editor:

We understand that the proposed community center is expected to cost over $30 million. How are we going to pay such a sum? Who is going to use it? How will the Center be utilized during the day while most adults work and the kids are in school? In addition, the committee talks about hiring an architect when they do not yet know what they really want to build. Nor do they know the true level of public support for the project. All of the thoughts about public support have been derived from indirect data. Our understanding of the way the project has developed so far does not give us confidence that the committee knows what it is doing. A survey of the public’s wants has been proposed. That survey should include unequivocal questions about the true level of public support. We should not embark on such a complex and costly project without strong public backing.

Don and Harriett Richards

Fairmont