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Tierra Verde Recreation Center

Project Location

Tierra Verde Community Park, Pinellas Bayway South

Project Status

Design: In progress

Project Update

02/17/2023

County staff, the architects and members of the community met to review and discuss an updated plan for the Tierra Verde Recreation Center on February 16, 2023. The revised plans addressed feedback gathered at the meeting held October 12, 2022, and received during the open comment period online at Open Pinellas. The new renderings and floor plans are below.

Rendering of the proposed recreation center from the northwest corner in the parking lot.
Main plaza entrance showing an example of where a mural could be painted.
Plan showing the storage area and social porch areas under the elevated building.
Underneath the elevated building a storage area and a social area are planned.
New floor plan for the recreation center with offices and a conference room on the left side and a large multipurpose room and kitchen on the right side. The multi-purpose room seats 160 people and may have a movable wall to divide the room into two rooms.
The updated floor plan adds movable walls to divide the large and small conference rooms, enlarges the kitchen, adds another entrance to the multipurpose room, provides a kitchenette for the offices, and includes a room to accommodate future audiovisual needs.
A rendering of the multipurpose room showing seats set in theater style with large windows on the left and right sides of the room.
The multipurpose room
View of the building from the south showing a large open walkway between the offices and the multipurpose room and continuing along the southeast side of the building to a large, outdoor staircase.
The large open walkway will connect the building to the outdoors and provide access from a second stairway. This view is behind the building from the south.
Rendering of the area underneath the building showing lighting and recreation games such as cornhole and ping pong.
The social area beneath the building can have many uses.

Previous project updates

Background

The Tierra Verde community identified a recreation center as a high priority project when the County was planning use of the Penny for Pinellas funds for the 2010-2019 period. The facility could not be fully funded at that time, but is funded in the current Penny funding cycle (2020-2029). The site location is adjacent to the parking lot at the current recreation fields. Due to the location, the structure must be built on piling—it cannot be built at ground level.

Purpose and Scope of the Project

The purpose of the recreation center is to provide onsite management for the Tierra Verde Community Recreation Fields and to provide community space for events and meetings. The facility’s location and funding can meet these needs, but they also limit the size and scope of the project.

Project Design

An initial design has been prepared for a 4,000-square-foot facility. Pinellas County held a community meeting on October 12, 2022, at the Island Chapel to provide an update and hear community input. The County also collected online feedback until October 26 at https://www.opentownhall.com/portals/255/Issue_12282. A follow up meeting to review updated plans with the community was held on February 16, 2023. (See project update.)

Project Contacts

Nancy McKibben (nmckibben@pinellas.gov), Assistant to the County Administrator, (727) 464-4812

Derek Weaver (dweaver@pinellas.gov), Senior Registered Architect,  (727) 464-5309