Conroe - Montgomery Edition | March 2023

NEW RECREATIONAL DESTINATIONS

front entry and exit stairs, and water fountains as well as a heated lap pool that will be complete by this summer. “The acquisition of Owen Park and the Westside Recreation Center gives citizens on the west side of Conroe as well as the surrounding area another opportunity to enhance their quality of life,” Riggens said in a Jan. 18 email. Conroe is also preparing for con- struction to start on the new Oscar Johnson Jr. Community Center on Foster Drive in April and open the new center in August 2024, Public Informa- tion Ocer Andrew Yousse said; the city is relocating the 10,000-square- foot center from a smaller space on Park Place. Collin Boothe, assistant city admin- istrator and director of nance, said construction is expected to cost $36.7 million. When complete, the new 87,000-square-foot location will include a tness center, child care areas and event space for 300 peo- ple, Community Impact previously reported. Woodforest park space In the Woodforest area, Montgom- ery County is using the 391 donated acres to help meet the demand for

more parks and recreation space. Riley said he was looking for land to increase park activity after Pre- cinct 2’s sports parks in the Magno- lia area lled up. He said the county has begun moving forward with the development of the land with some planning already completed and con- ceptual drawings underway. Riley said he wants the park to include a nature center and wildlife rehab center; however, he hopes to leave as much green space as possi- ble and install articial turf. The park will include nature trails, ponds, a community center and a future rec- reation center as well as soccer, foot- ball, baseball and softball elds, and tennis courts. “We have got to get these kids and these people back outside; we have to get them back out into nature,” Riley said. “We have to get them back out into doing what they are supposed to be doing, and that’s living as a com- munity and supporting one another as a community, and there’s no better way to do that than with a park.”

Conroe and Montgomery County are adding parks facilities.

Owen Park

Westside Recreation Center Multipurpose elds

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Fishing pier Dog park Basketball pavilion

Hiking trails Lap swimming pool

WOODFOREST PKWY.

Montgomery County Precinct 2 future park site Cost: TBD

Oscar Johnson Jr. Community Center Cost: $36.7 million Size: 87,000 square feet Timeline: April 2023-August 2024

Size: 391 acres Timeline : TBD

SOURCES: CITY OF CONROE, MONTGOMERY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICTCOMMUNITY IMPACT

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