Prosper - Celina Edition | October 2024

Government

BY HANNAH JOHNSON & ALEX REECE

Celina breaks ground on new Downtown Center project The Downtown Center is estimated to cost around $93 million altogether using both bond funds and non-bond city funding.

A new parking garage is expected to bring additional spaces to downtown Celina by next fall. City ocials celebrated breaking ground on the new Downtown Center, previously referred to as Celina’s government center, and its accompanying parking garage Oct. 15. “It’s a monumental day for the history of Celina,” Mayor Ryan Tubbs said. “This is another step in the community’s investment to expand our library [and] be able to oer stellar services from the sta ... to support our existing residents as well as our future residents.” In case you missed it Celina City Council members approved a $19.3 million maximum price for the Downtown Center’s 400-space parking garage in September. The parking garage will help alleviate some of the congestion in downtown Celina, Tubbs said. “This [downtown center project] has been a long time coming,” Tubbs said.

The center, which will be a three-story and roughly 100,000-square-foot building, will be located at the corner of Walnut Street and Arizona Drive next to the existing City Council chambers. The center will bring all of Celina’s city sta to one facility. Aside from providing a centralized hub for city departments, other center amenities include: • A larger library space • Community rooftop deck and event space • Indoor atrium area What comes next? The parking garage is expected to open in October 2025. Once it opens, construction can kick o on the rest of the center, which is expected to open in November 2026.

The center will feature a library space almost 10 times larger than the city’s current library.

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