Now that Manteca has snared Great Wolf, it’s time to make growth pay dividends for people who live here.This, of course, will cost money.So why not rethink the family entertainment zone and place at least two — if not more — of the amenities at the top of the recreation master plan list adopted by the City Council on land the city already owns to make them more economically feasible?This includes an eight-acre aquatics center as well as a community center/community gym with possibly the envisioned sports complex as well.The FEZ as it is conceptually designed includes similar elements but there is one gigantic flaw as far as anyone who lives in Manteca should be concerned. The recreation components are aimed primarily to snag out of town visitors. How many Manteca residents on a daily or weekly basis or going to use a field with extensive seating designed to lure competitive amateur events?The FEZ is a good idea that can be made better with a little tweaking.One of the goals is to lure dining and entertainment-style businesses such as laser tag to create a regional destination around a manmade lake.It would seem to be a much more effective draw for developers trying to lure such private sector investment if the FEZ was a teeming community gathering place as well.And let’s be clear about a few things.
PERSPECTIVE
Aquatics complex, community gym/ center needs to be part of FEZ
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