Truckee Gets Recreation Facility

What a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah winter gift Truckee is getting! Today is the long awaited ribbon cutting on the new $18 million Truckee Donner Parks and Recreation Department’s facility, located at the corner of Highway 267 and 89 north, accessed by one of Truckee’s newest round-a-bouts this property has climbing walls, basketball courts and exercise equipment. There are also meeting rooms and classrooms, dance studios, even an outside picnic area — all of this for local residents and visitors to enjoy. The icing on the cake is an elevated running track. Now we residents have options during the winter — not just treadmills. The cost for residents to use the equipment and facility will be $20 per month or there is a drop in fee of $3 per use (if you are 62 or over, it is only $15 per month). Sounds pretty reasonable, huh? Even more reasonable is the fact that you can use it for free until from now until December 23, 2009

This facility boasts 40,000 square feet. It will have the capacity to hold 1,000 people if you wanted to throw a big party this will be the place to go!! The really surprising thing is that according to a Sierra Sun article, the project came in about $6 million under budget. The plan is to have an aquatic center within the next 5 years.

The center has been a long time dream of long time General Manager Steve Randall who has been our go to man since 1985. I think it should be named the Steve Randall Center for Recreation.

I think you can see by the photos that it was COLD at the ribbon cutting — but definitely worth it. Go see it, you won’t be disappointed.