New addition for Ottawa County Boys and Girls Club
MIAMI, Okla. — There will soon be a new addition to the Boys & Girls Club of Ottawa County.
The Miami City Council recently approved the organization’s proposal to build a new gymnasium onto the back of the teen center in downtown. The new gym has been a two-year project for the Boys & Girls Club.
ARPA funding originally helped with the purchase and renovation of the facility located behind the Coleman Theater.
Club administrators say they currently serve more than 1,200 kids each year, and they feel the new gym is necessary due to lack of room in the current one near Riverview Park.
“The need in Miami is great for safe out of school care. That is a big deal here, and providing safe spaces for our kids, for our teenagers, is important to their development. It’s important to their friendship making and it’s important to their education. So, we are committed to providing that for kids,” said Mackenzie Garst with the Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa County.
The project is scheduled to be done in March 2025.
