Gwinnett commissioners on Tuesday approved a $1.59 million renovation project for the Lawrenceville Senior Center at 225 Benson Street.
Improvements will include upgraded ADA-accessible restrooms, an enlarged dining area, an upgraded billiards room, a new card room area, a new hearing loop system for the hearing impaired, and a new multi-use room. The existing patio will be enclosed to become a fitness room and a new entry vestibule will be added.
Multiplex LLC was the lowest of four bidders for the construction contract. Nearly 80 percent is funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, 11 percent by 2014 SPLOST, and about 9 percent by the Atlanta Regional Commission. A $250,000 Community Development Block Grant is expected to pay for expanding the dining room, retrofitting the kitchen area and creating more small-group meeting places.
The center will close for renovation on Aug. 3. Activities will temporarily relocate to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 797 Moon Road in Lawrenceville and then move again in late September to the Rhodes Jordan Park Community Recreation Center.
Information: 678-277-0970.
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