CITIES SEEK $1.5 MILLION FOR RECREATION CENTER.Byline: R.A. Hutchinson Daily News Staff Writer A design team is in place. The land is available. Now the cities of Agoura Hills and Calabasas need more cash to build their recreation center to community specifications. The cities have contributed $1.4 million each toward constructing a 28,000-square-foot gymnasium gymnasium In Germany, a state-maintained secondary school that prepares pupils for higher academic education. This type of nine-year school originated in Strasbourg in 1537. and sports center on 4.5 acres of donated county land next to the Lost Hills sheriff's station on Malibu Hills Road. However, the cities must come up with $1.5 million more if they want to meet the spoken needs of area residents. "For the $2.8 million we don't get the size we really need to have. It wouldn't serve the needs that we're hearing from the community," says Audrey Brown Audrey Kathleen Brown (later Court) (May 24, 1913 – June, 2005) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the Silver medal with her , community services director for Agoura Hills. Brown said there are two options for raising the money. First, the two cities have applied to the Trust for Public Land to be included on a ballot initiative being written for November, requesting $750,000 each if the measure were to pass. Mark Dierking, a spokesman for the Los Angeles-based organization, said the initiative is in its infancy infancy, stage of human development lasting from birth to approximately two years of age. The hallmarks of infancy are physical growth, motor development, vocal development, and cognitive and social development. stage but would be similar to the Safe Neighborhood Parks Neighborhood parks, which generally range in size up to 30 acres, serve as a social and recreational focal points for neighborhoods and are the basic units of a park system. Many include a playground. Act approved by voters in 1992. Proposition A provided the $1.4 million Agoura Hills has contributed toward the Community Center project. Trust officials are accepting applications from cities and agencies throughout the county, with the expectations of raising about $270 million through the 1996 Park Act, half of what voters approved in 1992. The money would be raised through special assessment districts and the issuance of bonds. A second option for raising money, particularly if the ballot initiative doesn't work, is through a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. dedicated to raising money for the construction and continuing operation of the community center. Cary Ross, a Westlake Village businessman who has lived in Oak Park two years, said there is no formal organization yet. When he lived in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , Ross worked for the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Foundation. His experience and the desire to provide recreational opportunities for his two children prompted his involvement in the community center project. |
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