City Commissioner Clayton Lopez speaks at the ground-breaking for the new Frederick Douglass Community Center in Bahama Village. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys Weekly
It’s been a long time coming, but Bahama VIllage residents are optimistic that the new Frederick Douglass Community Center will be worth the wait.
The longtime gym and after-school tutoring center will become Frederick Douglass Community Center, also housing classrooms, music rooms and other community resources.
And the folks building the new center — the locally owned Keystar Construction — are some of the same kids who played basketball on its wooden floors since they were 8 years old.
Mayor Teri Johnston discusses the long wait that ended on Sept. 8, when the city of Key West — and Keystar Construction — officially broke ground on the new Frederick Douglass Community Center in Bahama Village. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys Weekly Key West officials, including Commissioner Clayton Lopez, whose district includes the soon-to-be Frederick Douglass Community Center, break ground on the long-awaited upgrades on Sept. 8. LARRY BLACKBURN/Keys Weekly
