The Denison Iowa City Council this week continued steps towards creating the $18 million Crawford County Wellness Center, working towards finishing that by the 2026 goal..
The latest step included approving a payment of almost $650,000 to Jensen Builders for the wellness center work. Such payments have been approved to Jensen this year, as segments of the facility get completed. One of $1.2 million was approved in April.
Also this week, a bid of $221,000 for wellness center equipment was approved from the Procor firm.
Officials in Crawford County and the city of Denison are working together to build the Crawford County Wellness Center, which has been sought by some residents.
It will be located at the corner of North 16th Street and Eighth Avenue North, just east of Denison High School. The center will contain a rarity, with indoor soccer fields.
Revenues have come from grants, federal funding, substantial fundraising and more.
*In other news in Denison, there will be an open house at 3 p.m. Monday, as Western Iowa Tech Community College opens its new Denison Regional Career Academy.
The academy is on North Fifth Street, and is aimed to bring high-quality career and technical education to high school students from five nearby districts, according to a WITCC release.
Those cooperating high schools are Denison, Boyer Valley, Woodbine, Odebolt-Arthur-Battle Creek Ida Grove, and Maple Valley Anthon Oto-Charter Oak.
The academy, funded in part by a $2 million state grant, will offer training in four career pathways, with agriculture, business, auto technology, and education.
