Kent County Levy Court president Brooks Banta signs his name to the ceremonial beam Wednesday evening.
Kent County Levy Court Commissioner Jody Sweeney was the first to sign the ceremonial beam during the Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club topping off ceremony along New Burton Road. Commissioner Sweeney was one of the key figures who was instrumental in the project.
Kent County Levy Court president Brooks Banta remarks how smoothly all involved worked together to get the Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club to become a reality
Kent County Administrator Mike Petit deMange welcomes all in attendance to the Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club topping off ceremony Wednesday evening.
Kent County Administrator Mike Petit deMange signs his name to the ceremonial beam before it's set into place Wednesday during a short topping off ceremony at the future Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club along New Burton Road.
Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club board member Harold Stafford of Dover chats with EDiS Construction president and CEO Brian DiSabatino after they signed their names to the beam.
Construction on the Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club should be completed by late March-early April 2016.
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David Kesselring of Dover, right, whose family sold the property to the county with a vision of it being used for something like the new Kent County Rec Center, was in attendance Wednesday evening and was pleased to see the building taking shape
Workers set the signed ceremonial beam into place at the conclusion of the ceremony.
Former director of the Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club Darrell Tingle of Dover happily signs his name to the beam
A short topping off ceremony at the future Kent County Recreation Center and Boys and Girls Club along New Burton Road in Dover was held Wednesday evening. Photos by Dave Chambers
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