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Colfax Golf Course
COLFAX - A new event center may go up at the Colfax Golf Course later this year, depending on fundraising and a bid process for the estimated $165,000-$180,000 project.
Boardmember Al Kirkpatrick gave a report Feb. 19.
The project aims to build a 50 X 90-foot pole building steel structure on the spot of the putting green. The putting green will be moved across a drainage ditch to in front of the shop.
The effort got a boost in April of 2019 with a $70,000 grant from the county's .09 economic development fund, which was paired with $50,000 from the golf course foundation and $10,000 from the men's club.
Bids are being gathered now for the structure with interior work a separate cost.
Kirkpatrick said the board hopes to choose a bid in the next two months.
"More than likely it'll be a pole barn," he said. "We've got to start a project somewhere. We feel we're at a point to get a structure erected."
The overall project was delayed by the pandemic and a longer-than-expected permitting process through the Washington State Department of Ecology and Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Once finished, the new event center will be open to the public for rental.
"The golf course is doing this but it'll be a good addition to the community," Kirkpatrick said.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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