By Angie Gumm
The Haysville Times
While Haysville did not get the grant money to build the new senior center it had hoped for this time around, the city is going to try again.
The city applied for a Community Development Grant for the new center but was notified earlier this year that they would not receive the funding.
Who gets a grant is decided by a point system. Applicants get points based on how they meet certain requirements from the state. Haysville lost points for not matching the amount of funds they were applying for. If the city applies for $300,000, for instance, they have to be willing to invest $300,000 in the project as well. Most cities that got grants had at least 100% matching.
If the city doesn’t get a grant after re-applying in September, they decided at the capitol outlay meeting earlier this month that they would go ahead with the building themselves. Either way, construction for the new senior center will start in 2007. The plan is for the building to be located next to the new senior residences on the east side of Main.
Many have complained that the current senior center, the first city building in Haysville, is too small and that its shape is not conducive to group functions.