BY AMANDA CUTSHALL
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Bastrop County’s population grew over 21% between 2019 and 2023 and is not projected to slow down anytime soon, according to the latest numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Bastrop Recreation Center team is seeing this reected in its enrollment and ability to serve everyone as they would like. “Our membership exceeds the space that we have,” Moore said. “Do we need a bigger space? Absolutely.” Recreation center member Pamela Vear addressed this at a February 2024 council meet- ing, asking for an expedited plan to build a new recreation center. “We know Bastrop is growing by leaps and bounds,” Vear said. “But we really don’t have anything to oer the new citizens moving here, much less for the wonderful people who have been living here for so long and have helped to build and nurture their loving city of Bastrop. We very much need a new recreation center. Please
Bastrop City Council member Kevin Plunkett said the city is looking into ways to fund a new convention center. “That would give us room to host larger, more diverse events, and free up our current convention center to be turned into a community recreation center,” Plunkett said. Bastrop Gateway, a 31-acre project proposed just east of Buc-ee’s, had the potential to t into this category; however, it did not make it far enough in the planning to be considered, said Colin Guerra, Bastrop public information ocer. “The shortest timeline and best chance to get a new recreation center would be for an outside entity to come in and build a hotel and convention center that is run by them,” Guerra said. “There’s no request for proposal out right now, but the dream is still alive.”
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SOURCE: TEXAS DEMOGRAPHIC CENTER, 1.0 MIGRATION SCENARIO COMMUNITY IMPACT
consider our beggings; yes, we are begging.” Moore said the bene ts people get from the recreation center are not only tness-related but also social and familial. “We are all like family here,” she said. “We create a space where people feel welcomed and included and valued. Our building is basically just one room, with the tness gym in the back. … We could oer a lot more to a lot more people if we just had the space. ”
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