Edwardsville, Glen Carbon solidify partnership for TheCENTER
The Intelligencer
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Rendering of TheCENTER’s main entranceCourtesy of the City of Edwardsville
The City of Edwardsville and the Village of Glen Carbon officially are partners in the project to build a proposed ice rink, track, fitness and teen center.
This new development, called TheCENTER, will be located in Edwardsville by Edwardsville High School, off Tiger Drive and Governor’s Parkway.
The two entities already partner on the community pool at SIUE and this agreement is another example of their city-village collaboration.
TheCENTER is the third and final park project to be completed as part of the “A Better Place to Play” Campaign. This community-centered facility is a recreational complex that will offer its residents and surrounding communities a year-round option for skating, exercise and more. It offers one of the only 175-meter special surface tracks in the area and will also offer
Patton dubs Plummer Park, TheCENTER as accomplishments
City plans for parking, recreation
Charles Bolinger, charles.bolinger@edwpub.net
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EDWARDSVILLE Plummer Family Park, parking solutions and TheCENTER are among Mayor Hal Patton’s 2021 predictions as he looks ahead to his final few months in office.
The park, which opened last summer, is the crown of the city’s park system and Patton said he expects it to develop even further once restrictions are lifted and people can get more use from the baseball/softball diamonds and soccer/lacrosse/football/rugby fields. The three traditional grass fields should be ready for play this fall alongside the three artificial turfs already down.