Friends of the Pella Community Center

06/12/2026

SAVE THE DATE!! Groundbreaking ceremony at the Pella Community Center Friday July 10, 2026 at 12 noon! Coffee time open house to follow at 12:30 to 2:00 pm hosted by Friends of the Pella Community Center at the Memorial Building on Broadway. Public invited. Gold shovels provided by Stahl Construction.

06/03/2026

Updated information! Last night, city council approved contract for renovation of Pella Community Center! You may have noticed activity there starting last week! This is city crews/Pella Concrete beginning work on refurbishing the alley (to be like the Inte Velt and Old City Hall alley's) also, to install new sewer connections for the Community Center. There is a misunderstanding about the new entrance and elevator addition, it will NOT be encroaching on the alley, it will be in line with the current east wing of the original building. There will be a groundbreaking ceremony Friday July 10, 2026 come and celebrate the beginning of this special project. More details to follow. Thanks to all who worked to make this possible!!

05/06/2026

05/06/2026

CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BID to BEGIN CONSTRUCTION on the PELLA COMMUNITY CENTER!
Tonight the Pella City Council approved a bid from Stahl Construction to begin work on the renovated and expanded Community Center. Construction will begin in June and is expected to be completed by Tulip Time in 2027.
This is the culmination of over eight years of work to restore this treasure of Pella, and it could not have been accomplished without the support of so many throughout the community. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you! Plan on attending the ground breaking ceremony in early June!! Details to follow soon!

02/16/2026

EXCITING NEWS!! The bids are in, May 5, 2026 the council votes to accept the best bid on the Community Center renovation summited April 17, 2026. The contract for the FULL renovation is scheduled to be approved May 17, with the hope construction to start in early June! THANK YOU to the city staff, mayor & council and all who have supported, worked so hard, and donated so much to make this project move forward.

12/19/2025

GOOD NEWS! The $500,000 CAT grant for the Community Center renovations was approved this morning! Thank you to the Mike Nardini, Tina Hertel, Mary Robertson, Arvin VanZante for all their work on writing the grant. And thank you to the FPCC Board, and the Heart of Pella project Committee for their patience, and work to make this a reality. And especially thank you to all our wonderful donor's and supporters. Thanks to all these efforts, it is looking as if we will be able to move forward with the full build with construction to begin, it is hoped, after Tulip Time 2026.

12/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Here is the latest update on the Heart of Pella Project! 2026 will be a VERY good year, we have nearly reached our fundraising goal thanks to all of you and to hour Heart of Pella fundraising committee!

11/22/2025

Thank you, PPI, for your generous $25,000 contribution to the Heart of Pella project! Bringing us ever so close to our goal for a full renovation of the Pella Community Center!!

10/19/2025

Come and get the latest on FPCC along with so many other great Pella volunteer organizations !!! There may even be photos of the silver donation!!

07/06/2025

BREAKING NEWS!! The Heart of Pella Campaign is moving forward! With the recent unexpected $600,000+donation the FPCC Heart of Pella project has raised $2.2+ million, with the City of Pella $5.5 million commitment the total funds raised & committed to date are $ 7.5+ million! There is an additional $500 thousand grant in the works. The goal is to raise another $650 thousand by the time the bids come in December to be able to move forward with the full renovation of the Community Center! Thanks to all who have been so supportive and contributed to date!