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Eagan Opens 70,000-SF Community Center

EAGAN, MN-The $23 million facility sits on a 60-acre site that also includes a park and other recreational facilities. One of the central features of the park is a 140-year-old oak tree that is called the "Grandfather Tree", which was moved to the community center's entryway.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on September 29, 2003

EAGAN, MN-The City of Eagan has recently opened a $23 million-plus community center and Central Park on a 60-acre site.

The centerpiece of the project is a 70,000-sf building that features athletic facilities, a senior center, a teen center, meeting rooms, a 350-seat banquet room and a four-level children’s play area. A bandshell and other facilities are also part of the project.

The construction firm on the project was Stahl Construction, who oversaw preliminary and final budgets, put together packages on which contractors could bit, recommended certain contractors and wrote contracts as part of its duties.”Because so many types of spaces are offered, the 29 subcontractors selected had to be versed in multiple kinds of construction,” says Mike Heffron, Stahl’s project manager. The building itself cost $11.5 million.

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