$1.8 million was included to renovate the MLK community center’s entrance and lobby, upgrade its bleachers and floors, and add a second gym.
Plans for the MLK Center include a new 50-by-84-foot gym/multi-purpose room. It would bring the total occupancy of both gyms up to 499 people.
The court could be used for basketball, wrestling, volleyball and pickleball. Motorized curtains and goals will make it easy to change the sport.
There is also new storage for equipment and office space in the plans.
City of Wilmington engineering project manager Anne Ballweg presented two building options. One was a masonry and stucco design that would cost an estimated $3.6 million.