New user group formed to reopen the rec center
by Carolyn Peterson
A group of Gilpin County residents has banded together to support reopening the county’s Community Center Campus. The facilities at 250 Norton Drive in Black Hawk were closed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by the State Public Health Department and have been shuttered indefinitely as a result of budget shortfalls due to the immediate loss of gaming tax revenue. To support a re-opening effort, the county has placed Issue 1B on the ballot. It calls for citizens to vote in a three-year property tax mill levy of 2.57 mills. If passed, the increased property taxes will be dedicated solely to the Parks and Recreation Department for re-opening the center campus early in 2021. The funding will cover minimum staffing and other expenses to keep it open during the period of the levy. If the mill levy does not pass, current revenue and expenditure projections show that it could be as many as eight years before the center could be reopened.
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