The Gila County Board of Supervisors and members of county staff and guests gathered at 707 S. Colcord Road in Payson Feb. 16. The get-together was for the ground-breaking ceremony for the $5.5 million county Community Multi-Purpose Complex to be built between the county court facility and the Payson post office.
âThe Payson building is going to be wonderful and marvelous,â said Dist. 1 Supervisor Steve Christensen, who represents most of Payson.
After the
Roundup ran a rendering of the building in January, there were numerous comments by residents on Facebook that took issue of the looks of the building. Discussing those comments, Christensen said, âThere have been concerns, but I have been meeting with the public and with Homero (Vela, assistant county manager, who has been overseeing all the facility improvement projects) and Daren (Frank, facilities manager).â