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HARDEEVILLE’S $8.5 MILLION MULTI-PURPOSE RECREATION CENTER READY TO DEBUT
FIRST-CLASS FACILITY BY EDWARD THOMAS
There has been a growing sense of anticipation and elation within the 56-square-mile city of Hardeeville — recently listed among the fastest growing municipalities in South Carolina. The excitement is focused around the $8.5 million, 35,000-square-foot indoor, multi-purpose recreation center that has been a gleam in the eyes of community leaders for more than six years, but actually has taken shape in just the past two years.
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The new facility is located on a parcel of wooded acreage near the corner of John Smith Road and McTeer Street just off the city’s main drag — Whyte Hardee Boulevard. And, according to Hardeeville Mayor Harry Williams: It’s going to be a tourism attraction as well as a venue that he believes “will help bring our very diverse community closer together in many positive ways.” Mayor Williams and the City Council are eagerly looking forward to the official grand opening the final weekend of