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Did officials budget enough for senior center upgrades?
Citizens oversight committee questions level of funding
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Renovating the Senior Life Center in Gainesville has long been a project on the to-do list of city and county officials, and funding was finally approved with the passage of special purpose local option sales tax VII this year. The current 5,000-square-foot center, which provides services for 60 to 100 seniors each day, was long ago outdated. But will $1.5 million be enough to develop a campus feel for the new center, double the size and replete with a billiards room, café, learning kitchen, music center, dance floor, meeting rooms, wellness center, resistance pool and art studio?