Lincoln Leisure Center reopening still unknown

Posted on January 21, 2016

The Lincoln Leisure Center at 1206 S. Lee St. is closed indefinitely because of an asbestos problem. (Photo courtesy Google Maps)

By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – A timeline for the reopening of the Lincoln Leisure Center in Bloomington is still unknown.

City staff found asbestos in a boiler room last week, leading the building to be shut down for the time being.

The city said Ideal Environmental removed the asbestos material below the boiler room Thursday. The company also performed a walkthrough Wednesday in order to provide a forthcoming proposal for a full asbestos evaluation of the building.

While the building remains closed, staff continues to work to relocate programming originally scheduled at LLC to other locations.

Program updates will be available at least every Friday online at all of the following:

www.bpard.org
www.cityblm.org
www.facebook.com/cityblmBPARD
www.facebook.com/cityblm

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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