The Scarboro neighborhood in Oak Ridge is getting a brand new community center, according to WBIR, which reported the news Thursday. Details on the scope of the project remain limited.
A separate report states that the Scarboro Community Center in Oak Ridge has broken ground, according to a low-confidence account published by Yahoo. That report does not specify when the groundbreaking occurred, and no information is available on the project's cost, funding sources, construction timeline or expected opening date.
The Scarboro Community Center includes a gymnasium.
What the Existing Center Offers
A room-rental listing describes the facility as including a middle-school-size gym, a full-size kitchen with a pass-through window, a small kitchenette and four meeting rooms, per the Oak Ridge Recreation and Parks Department's room-rental page. That description comes from a low-confidence search snippet, and the full scope of amenities has not been independently confirmed.
The available material does not establish whether the Scarboro Community Center remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic or whether Oak Ridge officials took precautions to limit exposure to the virus.
What Remains Unknown
Beyond the brief mentions of a groundbreaking and the center's current layout, the available reporting does not detail who is building the new center, how it will be funded, or when residents can expect it to open.
