BROOKINGS – Brookings County commissioners will consider an agreement to purchase the Brookings Outdoor Learning Center on Tuesday.
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BROOKINGS – Brookings County commissioners will consider an agreement to purchase the Brookings Outdoor Learning Center on Tuesday.
The purchase agreement is with First Bank & Trust for “an amount not to exceed $975,000.”
The property at 2810 22nd Ave. S. is also know as the Outdoor Adventure Center of South Dakota, but it’s referred to as its previous name of the Brookings Outdoor Learning Center throughout the four-page purchase agreement.
The agreement says First Bank & Trust has acquired the assets of the BOLC, the building owned by it, and the rights to the land lease with the City of Brookings.
Brookings County voters could refer the purchase agreement to a vote.
Commissioners approved a letter of intent last December stating they planned to acquire the facility. Last August, OAC officials offered their $3 million facility to the county for the same amount as their debt: $900,000. The city then proposed giving the county $500,000 plus the land on which the OAC sits in exchange for the resource center at the Swiftel Center, meaning the final cost to the county would come to $400,000.
The commissioners’ meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the third-floor chambers of the Brookings City & County Government Center. It is open to the public.
