Jewish Community Center plans $11M expansion in OP

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is set to start work on an $11 million expansion next month.

The project, which will expand the center’s footprint by about 30%, will include a second gymnasium space and an indoor turf soccer field in addition to other spaces such as a yoga studio and a ceramics room.

CEO Jim Sluyter said the community center has raised about $11 million of the $13 million needed. The additional $2 million will go toward an endowment to maintain the building.