Herriman hosts JL Sorenson Recreation Center groundbreaking

(SOUTH VALLEY JOURNAL) Herriman residents got the dirt on the JL Sorenson Recreation Center at an official groundbreaking ceremony June 11. The 110,000-square-foot building will cost an estimated $20.5 million and will include a competition-size indoor pool, a leisure pool with a lazy river, water play equipment and slides, six racquetball courts, an indoor track, two full-size basketball courts and a dance studio.

“This JL Sorenson Recreation Center is not going to be any old recreation center. It’s going to be the biggest built [in the county] – I don’t want to say the best because I don’t want to compare but it really will be an amazing center,” said Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon. “[Mayor Lynn Crane] didn’t want to settle for anything but the best and I think we’re getting the best with this facility.”

Center planners are especially excited to construct the building under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Design Green Building rating system. The rating system assigns points based on the building’s ability to meet criteria in areas like water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, materials and resources, and energy and atmosphere.

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