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Humble City Council awards $5.76M contract for new senior activity center
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BY WESLEY GARDNER
associated with the city’s new senior activity center. According to budget documents, approximately $769,000 of the $888,000 will be used to fund the construction of the senior activity center, which was originally projected to cost around $5.25 million when the city’s budget was approved in September. “We did receive bids that were higher than anticipated due to increased costs across the board,” Stuebe said during the Feb. 23 meeting. In January 2022, council members approved the selection of Brown Reynolds Watford Architects Inc. to provide architectural and engineering design services for the city’s new senior activity center. According to Stuebe, the new senior activity center will consist of a 10,000-square-foot facility that will include classrooms, a game room, a
Construction on the city of Humble’s new senior activity center is projected to begin in April—more than two years after council members voted to demolish the city’s old senior activity center in September 2020. At its March 9 meeting, Humble City Council approved a roughly $5.76 million contract with Purcell Construction to build the new facility. According to City Manager Jason Stuebe, city ocials are hoping to host a groundbreaking ceremony in early April. Stuebe noted the project will take roughly one year to complete once construction of the new facility has begun. During their Feb. 23 meeting, council members approved a roughly $888,000 budget amendment to the city’s scal year 2023 budget that will largely cover additional costs
Humble City Council approved a roughly $5.76 million contract with Purcell Construction to build the city’s new senior activity center during its March 9 meeting.
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ACTIVE AND ENGAGED Until the city of Humble’s new senior activity center is completed, the Humble Civic Center—8233 Will Clayton Parkway—will continue to host events and outings for area seniors. For a full list of programming, visit www.humblecc.com/senior-activities.
CLASSES AND ACTIVITIES Bingo: Wed. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Bowling: Tue. 11 a.m. Bridge: Tue. 12:30-3 p.m. Putting green: Tue. 8 a.m.-noon
HEALTH AND FITNESS Rhythm walking: Mon.-Thu. 10 a.m. Line dancing: Tue. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Pickleball: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Chair yoga: Wed. 10-10:45 a.m.
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library, a multipurpose room and a full kitchen. Until the new center is completed, Humble seniors will continue to use space at the Humble Civic Center
and the Phillip Cezeaux Recreation Building—located at 8233 Will Clayton Parkway—as they have since programming was reinstated in spring 2021.
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