Officials may seek partnership with recreation district

Thursday, March 10, 2016

A proposal being introduced by city officials involves a property swap with the Western Elmore County Recreation District that would give the agency a roughly six acre piece of land at Richard Aguirre Park that could eventually house a community recreation center. The plan would turn the park into a year-round community recreation complex.

City leaders are considering a proposal involving representatives with the Western Elmore County Recreation District that could lead to the creation of a large-scale recreation complex in the center of Mountain Home.

The idea involves transferring nearly six acres of land at Richard Aguirre Park over to the recreation district in exchange for an existing tract of land on South 18th East Street.

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It has been brought to our attention that this is something still in the "thought" phase.

"A more correct wording of the story would say "may consider extending" rather than "are extending"

Thank you.

-- Posted by Brenda Fincher Publisher MHNews on Thu, Mar 10, 2016, at 10:36 AM
Thank you, Brenda!

-- Posted by Geoff Schroeder on Thu, Mar 10, 2016, at 11:29 AM

Response by Brenda Fincher:
:) You are welcome and thanks again! B
Seems that some other city officials were totally in the dark on the city's plans. Maybe instead of going to the paper, they should have communicated with those they work with? To me, going this route is plain and simple backroom politics and underhanded. That is just this taxpayer's opinion.

-- Posted by B Mullen on Thu, Mar 10, 2016, at 6:08 PM

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