Grapevine's updates to its Community Activities Center are underway and expected to be complete next spring.

The center, originally built in 1996, was 48,000 square feet and has been operating without much in the way of updates since, Deputy Parks and Recreation Director Chris Smith said.

"As of now, we're going to be expanding to 108,000 square feet," Smith said.

The increase will include moving the senior center from downtown to combine it with the CAC, making the center multigenerational, and boosting amenities substantially, Smith said.

Combining those uses allows grandparents to spend time with their grandchildren working out, walking the track or using other amenities at the center as a family, he said.

Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Mitchell called that family aspect a "game-changer" for the facility.

"It will be a traditional multigenerational facility from babies to seniors," he said. "That is a new trend in the field of parks and recreation. We're going to embrace it and we are moving all of our indoor recreation into this facility."

On the table are indoor aquatics with zero-depth entry, indoor play structures, changes to the fitness room and other tweaks.

The entire facility also switches from a west side entrance to an east side entrance with the overhaul, which also coincides with the east side entrance of nearby Grapevine Public Library.

Construction costs for the redesign project are set at about $30.1 million, Smith said.

A temporary facility for the community's activity center is allowing construction time to shorten. The short-term home of the CAC is at 1250 William D. Tate Avenue between Petco and Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store.

"Closing the center allowed us to shorten the timeline of building the new facility and to save a good chunk of money to put back into the project," Mitchell said.

A blog on the Grapevine municipal website at https://tx-grapevine.civicplus.com/blog.aspx is available for residents to watch the progress for the updates to the Community Activities Center.