Following the approval of the city’s fiscal year 2021-22 budget in September, which included $2 million to build a new senior activity center, Humble city officials said they hope to complete the project by the first half of 2023.
According to City Manager Jason Stuebe, the city’s former senior activity center was an aging facility with numerous structural issues concerning the foundation; roof; and heating, ventilation and air conditioning system. Additionally, the facility was originally built as a church, meaning the layout was not entirely conducive to being used as a senior activity center.
“During the height of the pandemic, we were forced to shutter the [senior] activity center; during that period, the city determined it would be a good time to start looking at options for the senior activity center going forward,” Stuebe said. “After considering a multitude of options and taking into consideration the desires of our seniors, we decided the best course of action was to construct a new facility on the property that the city already owned next door.”
According to Stuebe, the new 10,000-square-foot facility will be located between the Octavia Fields Branch Library and the city’s former senior activity center, which will soon be demolished to make room for the city’s new Fire Station No. 2.
