Plans are underway for the construction of a 24,000 square-foot recreation center in Pueblo County, Colorado that will include multi-use fields and community gardens.
The project, which has been long in the talking stage, would specifically go up in the small St. Charles Mesa community, and as envisioned by county officials, would provide a home for the Colorado State University’s Pueblo campus as well as a local 4H Foundation chapter.
As planned, the center will be built at the former 9-acre site of the El Pueblo Adolescent Treatment Center at 1 El Pueblo Ranch Way on land purchased by Pueblo County some 3 years ago.
The mostly vacant site is located 4 miles to the southeast of downtown Pueblo.
Partial funding for the project was secured in 2016 with the county’s 1A ballot initiative, which passed with 61% of the vote. But, according to reports, the additional funding needed to pay for the actual $3.5 million construction of the new facility will have to be found elsewhere.
County officials are now contemplating issuing a Request for Proposals asking for ideas for center.
By Garry Boulard
