Thursday, December 13, 2012
Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site presented Monday night proposed plans for a community and recreation center at Stump and Horsham roads. Township Manager Larry Gregan outlined the potential financial plan to pay for it all
Montgomery Township Supervisors have a vision for a regional community and recreation center at Stump and Horsham roads, presented a public meeting Monday by contracted firm Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site. The vision is this: a 39,000-square-foot, two-story facility with a gymnasium with two full basketball courts, two flex-space community rooms with a kitchen, a child watch area, a weight/cardio room, a youth lounge, a cafe, two exercise rooms, a suspended walking/jogging track, three multipurpose studio spaces and a senior citizen activity room. Things the vision doesn't include: a pool, library space and a skate park. The township plans to fund the proposed project for 21 years without any need for a tax increase. "On Nov. 8, we …
Monday, December 10, 2012
A feasibility assessment report for the proposed Montgomery Township Recreation and Community Center outlines the center's potential come 2014 and beyond
Montgomery Township will hold the first of many public meetings this evening at 7 to discuss and review the proposed township community and recreation center to be constructed at Stump and Horsham roads. In preparation for the meeting, the township has released the facility needs assessment and feasibility study report conducted by Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site. You can read the report at this link. One of the major aspects of the study — the center will be financially successful if it draws users from beyond Montgomery Township. The first year of operation will be 2014 or later, according to the report. What the feasibility study showed was that the population of Montgomery Township alone, at around 25,000 individuals, was too small…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Kimmel Bogrette Architecture and Ballard*King and Associates Ltd. Recreation Facility Planning met with Montgomery Township supervisors recently to review potential ideas for the future community center
How would a new community recreation center in Montgomeryville fit you? Do you prefer small, medium or large? According to Dan Sokil of The Reporter, Montgomery Township Supervisors are mulling over those three sizes as it compares to options for the future community center at a 13-acre parcel at Stump and Horsham roads. None of the options call for a library, which was one of the top-desired amenities requested by residents at a prior public meeting. Along with supervisors and township staff, the brain trust figuring out the purposes and amenities of the center are Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site and Ballard*King and Associates Ltd. Recreation Facility Planning. Last week, the two firms met with supervisors at an evening public …
Montgomery Township Supervisors approved the township's engineer to survey the site of the proposed community center at Stump and Horsham roads
Do you like Fire Department of Montgomery Township’s two stations, specifically the one on Doylestown Road/Route 202? What about Upper Dublin’s police, municipal center and community center? On the road to Cape May … ever see the convention center? If you get up to Bethlehem, they’ve got a community center there. St. John’s Lutheran Church in Center Square has a nice, refined look to it. Students that attend Temple University should pay attention to this article. Kimmel Bogrette Architecture + Site is responsible for all the buildings and projects above. It’s next big project is right in Montgomery Township – the creation of a community recreation center on 13 acres at Stump and Horsham roads. The firm is working with Ballard*King & …
Friday, July 13, 2012
Montgomery Township on Wednesday held a public input session for the needs assessment and feasibility study on the future community recreation center to be built at Stump and Horsham roads
A library, pools, meeting rooms and a skate park - such were the main wishes of Montgomery Township residents for the proposed community and recreation center at Stump and Horsham roads. On Wednesday, the township held a public input meeting as part of the needs assessment and feasibility study for the future center. The meeting was overseen by township Manager Larry Gregan, Ballard*King & Associates Recreation Facility Planning President Ken Ballard, and Kimmel-Bogrette Architecture + Site owner Martin Kimmel and associate John Trump. Kimmel told the packed meeting room that his firm's goal for the township is extraordinary solutions for ordinary budgets. "Part and parcel to everything we do is how can we fiscally manage community …
Steven Long
9:55 pm on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The supervisors should NOT be building a pool for the residents of Neshimany Falls (because their pool is overcrowded) ... they should NOT build office space for MTBSA, so they do not have to rent space elsewhere. Let's remember ... the taxpayers will be on the hook for the purchase, development and construction costs ... as well as ongoing maintenance and support. Let's not compete against … more ›