Residents will get a chance to tour the new $9.3 million Mead Community Center at 401 Third St. at a ribbon-cutting event set for Monday.

The open house is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. and will feature activities, games and free play.

In all, the 11,000-square-foot center — at the site of a historic bean-processing plant — includes a gym, a separate multipurpose room, storage, offices and a lobby/reception area. Town officials used $6.8 million in impact fees from new development, as well as a $1 million grant from the federal American Rescue Plan Act and $1.5 million from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to build the project, according to Lorelei Nelson, public information officer for Mead.

Officials bought the property in 2021 after the former bean-processing facility and then w

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