Portage City Council will meet on February 27 to discuss two options put forth in a feasibility study for a new senior center. The first option keeps the existing building and remodels / adds on to it. The second option, slightly more expensive, would create an all-new center with more service possibilities than option 1. A decision on either option is expected to move forward this year. Here's a rendering of the proposed Portage Senior Center (presumably this is option 2, as it looks nothing like the existing):
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Courtesy City of Portage
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Portage Senior Center future up for discussion
Tom Haroldson | MLive
January 29, 2018
PORTAGE, MI - Plans for either a new or renovated Portage Senior Center are on the drawing table for a decision this year. Byce and Associates was retained last year by the city to prepare a feasibility study on the senior center, 320 Library Lane, that has been growing in use since built in 1981 but 37 years later has several "deficiencies" requiring either expansion or a new facility. The future of the senior center came up in last fall's Portage City Council and mayoral races in which at least one candidate, Mayor Patricia Randall, proposed stepping up action on the center. One of her ideas was a joint public-private initiative that could share the $5 to $6 million costs for renovation or a new center...
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