Event center project moves ahead

COLFAX - A new event center may go up at the Colfax Golf Course later this year, depending on fundraising and a bid process for the estimated $165,000-$180,000 project.

Boardmember Al Kirkpatrick gave a report Feb. 19.

The project aims to build a 50 X 90-foot pole building steel structure on the spot of the putting green. The putting green will be moved across a drainage ditch to in front of the shop.

The effort got a boost in April of 2019 with a $70,000 grant from the county's .09 economic development fund, which was paired with $50,000 from the golf course foundation and $10,000 from the me...