The old library at 228th Avenue Northeast and Inglewood Hill Road is on pace to reopen in October as a Teen Center. It is undergoing renovations.
The new Teen Center in Sammamish has received a pledge of $100,000 from resident Mary Pigott to help operations over the coming years, the Boys & Girls Club of King County Redmond/Sammamish announced Monday. "We've needed more opportunities for kids," Pigott, who has lived on the Plateau since the 1970s, said Monday. "I am thrilled we're getting a full-fledged Boys & Girls Club out here. I've been wanting this for 35 years." The money for what is officially being called the Boys & Girls Club EX3 Teen Center will be given over four years in $25,000 increments. The pledge will help the youth organization meet its fundraising goal of $250,000 to support opening and running of the center, Jeremy Peck, resource development manager for the Boys…
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The Teen Center is located at the old site of the Sammamish Library and off 228th Avenue Northeast.
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- Brad Wong
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Work crews are busy renovating the old Sammamish Library at 228th Avenue Northeast and Inglewood Hill Road with the goal of turning it into the city's Teen Center. But another element of the project supported by the city of Sammamish and the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County Redmond/Sammamish is underway: Raising $250,000 to support the center's operations so it can open this fall. The youth organization on Tuesday sent an email note to its supporters, saying that foundations, corporations and individuals have given a total of $1 million to improve the interior space of the old library. Organizers have given the facility the official name of the Sammamish EX3 Teen & Recreation Center. As part of the Boys & Girls Clubs' campaign to raise …
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The Teen Center will open at the old site of the Sammamish Library, at the intersection of 228th Avenue Northeast and Inglewood Hill Road.
Interior renovation at the Teen Center in Sammamish is scheduled to begin Monday and expected to be finished in about two months, the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County Redmond/Sammamish said Friday. The organization is working with Andersen Construction in turning the old Sammamish Library at 228th Avenue Northeast and Inglewood Hill Road into the Sammamish EX3 Teen and Recreation Center. The exact address is 825 228th Ave. NE. The center will have a performance stage, game room, study area, multipurpose space, teaching kitchen, technology lab – and eventually a gymnasium. The group has said the renovated space will cover 10,000 square feet. "The Sammamish community has waited so long for this to happen. We are grateful for their patience…
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