Ocean Springs spent $285,000 for a gym that was never built
Ocean Springs -- Mayor Connie Moran called it more than hurt feelings. She called it “a travesty for the city ... the worst fiscal decision ever made by the Board of Aldermen.”
And she sent the Sun Herald pictures this week of “the $3.4 million facility that we gave up.”
It was a multi-plex gym and storm shelter that FEMA would have built three years ago. It would have had more room for events than the Civic Center. Moran and city planners worked on it for several years before that. Such a building was part of the city’s 25-year sports plan. Aldermen supported it at first by approving money for a design.
Even thought the city spent $285,000 on the plans, in the end, the Board of Aldermen voted not to go forward with it and return the money to FEMA, which meant the city was not reimbursed for the plans.
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