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The City Council has its heart set on finding a way for the Boys & Girls Club to expand, but not on historical City Hall Park. In a decision that had community members expressing shock, and Mayor Bev Perry complaining the rug had been pulled out from under her, the council agreed 4 to 1 to begin looking into an expansion at the Boys & Girls Club’s current site neighboring Arovista Park.
The decision gives the green light for the club to perform a study of traffic and other safety issues at the site to make sure any potential problems are addressed in the design plans.
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