Construction Begins on Ashburn Community Center

By Nick Cheshire

Members of the Board of Supervisors and the Division of Parks and Recreation broke floor Thursday morning on the location of the Ashburn Recreation and Group Heart, transferring the long-planned venture into its building phrase.

Ashburn District Supervisor Mike Turner labeled the occasion as a momentous day not just for Ashburn, however for Loudoun County as a complete. Building of the middle is anticipated to take three years, with projected completion in summer season 2025. 

The 117,000-square-foot recreation and group middle, positioned close to the intersection of Carolina Wren Drive and Coopers Hawk Drive, will stand two tales tall and have quite a few indoor and out of doors facilities.

Inside, the middle could have a 50-meter competitors pool with spectator seating, lecture rooms, places of work, assembly areas, health areas, a full-size gymnasium, a leisure pool, a multipurpose room with a catering and instructing kitchen, a working observe, six indoor basketball courts, a comfortable sensory playroom, and a spa.

“The truth that it’s so centrally positioned and the truth that it has so many facilities, it’s going to attract folks from all around the county,” Turner mentioned. 

Exterior, options embrace a big courtyard with seating, a playground and splash play space, and a multi-use path will run across the property. Turner referred to as the middle “a gorgeous, state-of-the-art facility that we can not wait to see constructed.” 

The entire finances for the group middle sits simply above $86 million, with the development contract awarded to Costello Building of Maryland. It’s anticipated that the beginning of website work actions, together with clearing, grading, and utility work will start inside the upcoming weeks. 

Nick Cheshire is a scholar at Virginia Tech interning at Loudoun Now.

Ashburn Group Heart groundbreaking, June 16, 2022.

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