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County Board members have directed staff to move more quickly in considering future uses of the Central Library and Lee Community Center parcels.

In a change from the plan as proposed by County Manager Mark Schwartz, Board members said on Tuesday that staff should hire a consultant in fiscal year 2029 to develop a plan for potential uses of the Central Library site in Virginia Square. That timeline will allow planning to advance on roughly the same timetable as consideration of future uses at the adjacent Quincy Park.


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Advocates for the shuttered Lee Community Center are making a last-minute bid to include renovation funding in the county’s updated capital improvement plan.

Jean Henceroth, president of the Leeway Overlee Civic Association, said $10 million in funding would allow for the upgrades needed to reopen the facility.


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The former Lee Community Center on Langston Blvd could remain on ice for up to a decade while county officials decide what to do with it.

County Manager Mark Schwartz’s proposed 10-year capital improvement plan (CIP), released in May, calls for waiting until fiscal year 2035 or 2036 before addressing renovations and future programming at the facility. However, both civic leaders and at least one County Board member are hopeful they can shorten that timeline.


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Three options have emerged as county leaders attempt to determine the future of the newly unoccupied Lee Community Center.

The county could upgrade the building, expand the facility or demolish it and construct something entirely new.