BOULDER JUNCTION - The Boulder Junction building committee hoped to have plans for a new community center finalized today. But its decided to take an extra two weeks to make more cost saving changes to the plans.

Last fall the town voted "yes" to the 14,000 square foot plan. Since then an architect has come up with a design the committee thinks will please everyone.

"The best thing about the design is it's simple but very attractive. We decided we needed to make it as cost effective as possible. We're trying to follow a theme of a railroad depot because of our area's railroad history and logging history," says Cherie Sanderson, Boulder Junction Library Director.

The final plan will now go to contractors for bids in early March. The building committee will award the bid by April.

"It all depends on how everything goes from step A to Z. But hopefully by next fall. We're not stating a specific month at this point because we really don't know until we accept bids how close we are to being on schedule," says Sanderson.

The library will begin formal fundraising in when they've awarded a bid. They're hoping to raise $250,000 or more to help offset the cost to taxpayers. They're raised $50,000 already.

Story By: Lyndsey Stemm