Pack Square Park pavilion is a go after all

Jason Sandford

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Mountain Xpress has the news here, to be updated shortly.

A planned $2.46 million pavilion for Pack Square Park will be built, the board overseeing the park’s construction decided Wednesday, but construction won’t start until later this year.

Last month, the Pack Square Conservancy board expressed concern about securing funding for the building, as well as concern over delays in finalizing a contract for construction. The board expected construction to begin on the pavilion last year, about the time it awarded a $7.5 million construction contract on the rest of the park.

During the board’s regular meeting Wednesday, though, board members approved a motion that rescheduled the launch of pavilion construction for last 2009 or early 2010. “Under this plan, construction on the pavilion would begin as work in other areas of the park draws to a close,” said board Chairwoman Carol King as she read the motion. The delay will also help the conservancy raise the rest of the money it needs — about $4 million — to fund all the park work, according to the motion.