City To Buy George’s Sports Center Building for $225,000
Building purchase to close by year’s end with an eye toward partnering with the Arcada to provide additional amenities.
The St. Charles City Council, in its last scheduled meeting of 2012, voted unanimously Monday night to purchase the former George’s Sports Center, 107-109 E. Main St., with an eye toward partnering with the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., to provide it with additional facilities. The cost of the $225,000 purchase will be paid for through savings the city achieved on some of its capital projects over the past year, or from capital projects that were planned but can be delayed, said St. Charles City Administrator Brian Townsend. George’s closed in the second quarter of the year after a more than 40-year run. The business, owned by the Poczekaj family, offered a variety of sports equipment and gear. Its first floor was devoted to retail use…
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Kim Malay
10:34 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Joss no Craig does not work for the City. I use to and I am not sure if they have a formal list still, but I use to manage the program and nearly all of the downtown buildings that have had exterior renovations on them over the last 17 years have participated in the program, including what is now known as Beehive, the Harris Bank block across from City Hall, the entire building that houses Arcada… more ›