WOODSTOCK, Va. (WHSV) – Shenandoah County might be taking on the previous Valley Well being Health Heart in Woodstock. Valley Well being closed the ability again on February 1 and after a number of months of discussions the county’s Board of Supervisors voted to buy the ability for $2.9 million on a 5-1 vote final week.
The county will use its closing American Rescue Plan Act finances to hide the vast majority of the acquisition of the ability at 1195 Hisey Road subsequent to Woodstock Gardens. Along with reopening the health club, the county can even use the ability to accommodate its Parks and Game Division.
“The ability provides a possibility to amplify and reinforce our parks and rec programming. There’s a spot the place Parks and Rec can also be housed on this facility and be offering programming to the general public along with the power to reopen the wellness facility,” stated Shenandoah County Administrator Evan Vass.
The county has signed a purchase order contract with Valley Well being for the ability and can shut at the sale within the coming months.
“We’re in what I’d name a learn about duration so for a 60 day duration we’ll be taking a more in-depth have a look at the construction itself and its infrastructure and we sooner or later gets to ultimate. So people ask when is the ability going to be open? I feel at absolute best presently we’d advise within the fall of this 12 months,” stated Vass.
Valley Well being did donate the exercise apparatus throughout the 20,000 sq. foot facility to the County previous to the sale. Vass stated that the county should rent some phase time group of workers to group of workers the health club within the evenings.
The health club will nonetheless require some type of club rate with the hope that it is going to be self maintaining. The county hopes to reopen it someday q4.
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