Greenbelt REC donates 10k to activity center

The Donley County Activity Center received a boost last week when Greenbelt Rural Electric Cooperative donated $10,000 to help with the construction of the facility.

Greenbelt REC Member Services Manager Randy White said he believes the center will be good for Donley County.

“We try to do all we can to support our communities, and I believe this will be an important asset,” White said.
Ground was broken facility in August on the 18,000-square-foot located one mile north of Clarendon on State Hwy. 70, and Larry Gray with the Friends of Donley County says weather has caused some delays on the project but that it should be finished in early December.

“We have about one week left on the metal, then we’ll have the electric work done in three weeks, and then we will start the interior walls,” Gray said. “We’ll have it usable by the first to the mid-part of December. In fact, we already have one event scheduled the first Saturday in December.”

Office space for the Donley County Extension Service will be the last thing completed at the center.
The building is being constructed by Claudell Wright Construction Co. of Amarillo at a cost of $408,000, which Gray has said previously gets the project about 90 percent completed.

“It will take about $180,000 to finish it out, and I’m talking about the parking lot and everything,” Gray said. “We’ve secured financing for $150,000 and are looking for another $20,000 to $30,000 in donations.”

To contribute to this project or to get more information, call Gray at 874-2095 or by mail to the Friends of Donley County, PO Box 661, Clarendon, TX 79226.