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15 <br />Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan <br />CHAPTER 3 - Parks and Recreation Inventory /Assessment/ Recreation Facility 3 <br />Cedar Grove Community Center (currently under development)- 5800 NC 86N, Cedar Grove <br />(Former Cedar Grove School) <br />90 Occu <br />1,349 <br />Recreation Room <br />51 Occup <br />751 SF <br />Toilet Stor <br />73 SF <br />Toile p' Kitchen <br />371 SF <br />Lobby <br />Small Group/ <br />Quiet Rm <br />35 Occupants <br />517 SF <br />Proposed Floor Plan <br />Stor r' Parks & Rec <br />145 SIF Ofc & Storagt <br />I 235 SF <br />Stor <br />145 SF <br />Internet Cafe <br />48 Occupants <br />707 SF <br />Room <br />ants <br />iF <br />Conf Rm <br />21 Occup <br />304 SF <br />Size: <br />Existing School: 32,000 sq. ft.* <br />Proposed Community Center: approx. 10,000 sq. ft. * It Includes: <br />Multi- Purpose Room/ Small Gym: 3,364 sq. ft. <br />Meeting Rooms: 4,724 sq. ft. <br />Kitchen: 371 sq. ft. <br />Offices: 392 sq. ft. <br />* Approx. 22,000 sq. ft. of existing facility is planned to be minimally <br />renovated to preserve the facility for future use /renovation. <br />In 2013 the Northern Human Services Center - Community Center Work Group, consisting of citizens who vol- <br />unteered, were charged by the County Commissioners to work with staff and consulting architects to provide <br />recommendations on renovation and reuse of the former center that would best serve the residents of <br />Orange County. The Board asked that the recommendations include, but not be limited to: <br />• Recognition of the rich cultural and historical significance of the former Cedar Grove School; <br />• The content of past public input for the facility, and public comment during the Work Group's duration; <br />• The previous Board of County Commissioner decisions regarding the deconstruction of the classroom wings <br />and the adaptive re -use renovation to yield an estimated 10,000 square foot community center facility on <br />the site within a Capital Investment Plan project budget of $2,250,000; <br />• Physical and operational limitations to the site and the property, to include but not be limited to sanitary <br />sewer constraints that govern the intensity of use for the facility in a manner consistent with a community <br />center use. <br />Planning is underway and construction is expected to begin in 2014 with the center opening in 2015. <br />3 -15 <br />