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Fairmount Community Center: ‘More than just a gym’

By: Dave Thompson|July 12, 2023
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    • Landon Burg, center, senior project architect with the Des Moines-based OPN Architects, speaks on Tuesday during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Fairmount Community Center. Davenport Mayor Mike Matson is on the left and Chad Dyson, director of Davenport Parks and Recreation, is on the right. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    Davenport Mayor Mike Matson is excited about the new Fairmount Community Center. 

    In addition to giving people a place to meet and play, the new center will be the go-to place for movie night. The exterior of the building will include material that allows for movies to be projected onto it.

    “Anytime you can…

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