Tomorrow is an important day for Washington County. After almost 20 years of planning work, the Wellman, IA community is having a groundbreaking ceremony at 6:00pm for the Parkside Activities Center.This facility will include an early childcare center, a fitness and recreation complex, and multi-purpose meeting facilities.
The volunteers from the Wellman Area Foundation have pulled together $5.6 Million in funding for this project from many sources.
These sources include
- $1 million+ from area individuals and businesses,
- $1 Million from the City of Wellman,
- $700,000 from Iowa's Vision Iowa program,
- $338,000 in federal CDBG funds from the Iowa Dept. of Economic Development,
- $50,000 from the USDA Rural Development,
- and $2 Million from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation.
In a new partnership, the Washington Community Y will manage the facility.
Kudos to Wellman on this community-changing project!
