Commissioners will decide on another round of funding for the King Kennedy Center

- Wendy DiAlesandro

King Kennedy Community Center supporters are hoping Portage County commissioners will approve their $216,908 request to put in a parking lot, new bathrooms and storage space at the nonprofit’s new gymnasium and multipurpose building on Garfield Road in Ravenna.

Construction that began in 2020 is ongoing, but Frank Hairston, who has been active in promoting the organization, hopes the space — minus the restrooms and storage space — will be open for summer youth programs in June. Children can use the restrooms in the nearby King Kennedy Center, Director Myia Sanders said.

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