Creekside Community Center Closes After 50 Years
The Creekside Community Center closed its doors permanently after more than 50 years of serving seniors in the community, marking the end with a farewell celebration.
The center's recreation programs for seniors will relocate to Logan Lodge as an interim location for the next two years while a new community health and wellness center is under construction. Community members gathered for a final celebration that included rock painting, photo opportunities in front of the building, and creating a memory quilt planned for display in the future facility.
Participants have been leaving their mark on the building in recent weeks by writing memories and sharing drawings on the walls. The center offered various activities including card games, music programs on Thursday mornings, leather crafting, and a rock shop where members could work with stones.
The center's boutique will move to City Hall during the interim period and plans to participate in summer farmers markets. According to the discussion, the boutique provides both an outlet for crafters and serves as a social activity for participants.
Community members can stay updated on the new facility's construction progress at bloomingtonforward.org. The memory quilt created during the farewell celebration will be completed and displayed in the new community health and wellness center when it opens.
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[0:04] today we're at the Cheers to Creekide
[0:06] celebration event today is our last day
[0:08] after 50 plus years of Creekide
[0:10] Community Center being a place for
[0:12] recreation programs for seniors in our
[0:14] community we are closing the doors and
[0:16] and saying goodbye we have a big
[0:18] celebration here today folks can come
[0:20] and paint rocks with messages on them
[0:23] they can get their picture taken in
[0:24] front of the building we're working on a
[0:26] quilt that people can write memories on
[0:28] and we're going to put it together and
[0:30] hang it in our new building for the past
[0:31] couple of weeks here at Creekide we've
[0:33] been allowing the participants to leave
[0:34] their mark on the building by writing a
[0:36] memory or sharing a drawing on the wall
[0:38] it's been a really good way to say
[0:39] goodbye to the building i've been
[0:41] participating
[0:42] in um activities here at Creekide for
[0:45] over 15 years i played cards hand and
[0:48] foot i spend most of my time here with
[0:51] the music on Thursday mornings and
[0:53] that's probably if I had to pick a
[0:55] favorite that would certainly be that
[0:56] one i really enjoyed the time I had here
[0:59] at Creekide i got into leather
[1:03] this was one of my first projects
[1:06] so because of that I made gifts for the
[1:09] grandkids and then I got into the rock
[1:11] shop and ground down a stone to fit a
[1:14] ring then I've been very active in the
[1:16] boutique which is moving for the interim
[1:19] to city hall we're going to participate
[1:21] in the summer farmers markets looking
[1:24] forward to that we think that'll be very
[1:25] successful it not only provides an
[1:28] outlet for the crafters but it's a very
[1:30] social thing so even though Creekide is
[1:33] closing the programs and activities will
[1:35] still be living on and we'll hope
[1:36] everyone will join us in our interim
[1:38] location at the Logan Lodge for the next
[1:40] 2 years while they're building the new
[1:41] community health and wellness center you
[1:43] can stay up to date on project updates
[1:45] at bloomingtonforward.org
[1:47] i would say farewell to Creekide
[1:50] building you have served us well going
[1:52] to miss you i've got mixed feelings i'm
[1:55] sad but optimistic farewell Creekide so
[2:00] if you'll raise your glasses with me
[2:03] thank you Creekide for the 50 plus years
[2:06] of memories cheers to Creekide
[2:10] [Applause]
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