Boys & Girls Club Shares Plans for New Center at Hummel Drive and Union Valley Parkway 

 

               During a March 19 Board of Supervisors planning workshop for developers, representatives of the Boys and Girls Club Board of Directors described plans for developing a sports recreation center on Hummel Drive southeast of Union Valley Parkway. 
               Local architect Tom Martinez said the property was purchased last year with the objective of selling a portion of the 15 acres for housing with the proceeds used for development of the sports center. He told the Supervisors the Boys and Girls Club has 635 youth in Orcutt basketball programs alone. “The rezone will go a long way to help us build a recreation facility to serve the youth of Orcutt and the Santa Maria Valley.” 
               Tim Murphy has served on the organization's Board of Directors for 25 years. He said the board is in discussions with Peoples Self Help Housing, a non-profit organization which builds affordable homes providing buyers the opportunity to use the “sweat equity” program to allow them to assist in construction of the homes. 
Dan Bullard is the Board of Directors’ chairperson and interim CEO. He told the Supervisors the Boys and Girls Club hopes to build an indoor and outdoor recreation area and community service center. “Eventually, we would like an after-school program. Our objective is to reinvest funds from the housing development into youth facilities to serve Orcutt youth for the next 50 years. This will have an impact on Orcutt and the Santa Maria Valley for generations." 
Steve Southwick reporting