(Preliminary design of the Mountain Home community center/aquatic facility)
It’s been just over one year since the Mountain Home City Council approved the purchase of bonds to build a community center/aquatic facility at McCabe Park in the southwest part of the city at the junction of U.S. Highway 62/412 West and the Sheid/Hopper Bypass. Voters in March of 2021 approved two measures to fund the project, a half-cent sales tax that will sunset after funding bonds for the construction of the project and a permanent quarter-cent sales tax for operation and maintenance of the new facility.
Mountain Home Mayor Hillrey Adams provided an update on the project during the news at 7 Friday morning with Brad Haworth.
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The community center and aquatic complex makes up the bulk of the construction project, estimated to check in at $36.2 million. The complex would contain a 30,000-square-foot community center at a cost of $6.6 million. The facility would include meeting multipurpose rooms and a fitness area with cardio and resistance equipment. A 35,000-square-foot gymnasium/multipurpose hall would be constructed for $6.735 million, featuring courts that can be used for basketball, pickleball and volleyball, a walking track and more. The indoor aquatic center would check in at 35,000 square feet with pools for competition therapy and more. The cost for that portion of the facility is $9.212 million.
The final area of new construction would be the outdoor aquatic area with a size of 35,000 square feet at a cost of $3.85 million. Three different pools and other features are included in that price. A total of $2.2 million would be needed for site improvements at McCabe Park. Those items are of the infrastructure variety.
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