Pinkard Construction Co. Breaks Ground on New Salvation Army Recreation Center

Lt. Col. Carolyn Peacock, the Salvation Army Intermountain Divisional commander; Councilwoman Carla Madison, District 8 Denver; Lt. Col. Raymond Peacock, the Salvation Army Intermountain Divisional commander; Ivan Tate, vice chair of Red Shield Advisory Council; Commissioner Philip Swyers, the Salvation Army Western Territorial commander; Commissioner Patricia Swyers, the Salvation Army Western Territorial president of Women’s Ministries; Capt. Ron McKinney, the Salvation Army Denver Metro city coordinator and executive director of Red Shield; Jack Alexander, president of Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation; Barbara Danbom, senior vice president of Grant Programs at Daniels Fund; Wayne Barrett, member of Red Shield Advisory Council; Bob Leino, member of Red Shield Advisory Council; Bob Cox, financial supporter of Red Shield Boxing Program, pictured left to right, attended the recent groundbreaking for the Salvation Army Red Shield Recreation Center in Denver.

Photo courtesy of Pinkard Construction Co.

Pinkard Construction Co. of Lakewood, along with The Salvation Army, Denver’s RNL Design and many Salvation Army friends and supporters, recently broke ground on the $6.7 million Salvation Army Red Shield Recreation Center and renovation project in Denver.

The 30,840-sq-ft renovation will include infill of two open courtyards, a new entry/lobby, newly organized classrooms, new computer labs, drop-in seniors’ lounge, additional community spaces, restroom expansions, mechanical and electrical systems retrofit, new exterior windows and partial exterior re-skin.

The new 15,250-sq-ft recreation center will be constructed at the current basketball courts site across High Street from the Red Shield Center. It will include a gymnasium, administrative offices and dance studio. The two-story structure will have extensive glazing, CMU perimeter walls and a steel bar joist roof structure.

Based upon on-going fundraising, construction is expected to begin in September.