Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Hillcrest Senior Life Center is next to Clovis' Aquatic Center in Hillcrest Park.
What is under construction next to the Clovis Aquatic Center?
The Hillcrest Senior Life Center is set to open by September, according to Clovis city Senior Services Director Barbara Riggan.
Riggan had one word to describe what she likes about the new center.
"Windows," she said.
"We have no windows at the Friendship Senior Center."
The Friendship Senior Center, on 13th Street west of Thornton, is where seniors have been gathering since it opened in 1985, Riggan said.
"Its actual name is the Alice Converse Senior Center," Riggan said. "But we just always called it the Friendship Center."
Converse was a noted Clovis resident around the 1950s who was a "huge" advocate for senior citizens, Riggan said.
Once the Life Center is open, the Friendship Center will be closed and the city's Senior Services Department and the Curry Resident Senior Meals Association will be relocated to the Life Center.
"The building will have 16,000 square feet," Riggan said. "There'll be a dining area that will also serve as a mult-purpose area, a full-service kitchen and lots of offices."
"We are super excited for the extra space," Riggan said.
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