From the Ground Up: Ozark Community Center

Owner/Developer: Ozark Parks and Recreation Department

General contractor: Branco Enterprises Inc.

Architect: Sapp Design Associates Architects PC

Engineers: Anderson Engineering Inc., civil; Allstate Consultants LLC, structural; Malone Finkle Eckhardt & Collins Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Size: 73,750 square feet

Estimated cost: $17.6 million, including land

Lender: None

Estimated completion date: Mid-September

Project description: The two-story Ozark Community Center, funded by a voter-approved 1/2-cent sales tax, will feature a gymnasium with two basketball/volleyball courts, an indoor lane pool, an 8,200-square-foot fitness center, cycling room, three community rooms, a galleria, a concession area and café, wet and dry locker rooms, and a family dressing room. There is also a 475-square-foot child-care area called “Tot Drop.” Outside, there will be a jogging and walking track and a leisure pool, which includes a playground and lazy river. Also, the department received a $600,000 grant to build a Federal Emergency Management Agency shelter. The Ozark Parks and Recreation office will relocate to the facility, which city officials have nicknamed “The OC.”

Compiled by Stephen Herzog. Springfield Business Journal brings you new projects each week. Send project info by fax to (417) 799-0603 or by e-mail to intern@sbj.net.