A multimillion-dollar senior citizens center is forging ahead after local elected officials have agreed to allocate $3 million in special sales tax dollars to the project.

The funds are contingent upon voters approving a November sales tax referendum that would pump an estimated $96 million into local projects over the next six years, but SOWEGA Council on Aging Executive Director Kay Hind said she’s confident voters will look at the big picture and approve the measure.

“Really, it’s too much of an opportunity to pass up,” Hind said. “And I’m not even talking about for us. We’ll benefit, of course, but think about all the infrastructure —the roads, the bridges, the sewer lines — that are going to be paid for with this. And those are things that will have to be paid for with other money, like property taxes, if it doesn’t pass.”

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