Common Council wants the North End Community brought into the 21st century but it won't come cheap.
The city commissioned a consultants' study on how much it would cost to revamp the building.
A-D-I estimates the city would have to spend 2.9 million dollars over four years to upgrade and expand.
If the choice is to build a new community centre from the ground up, the estimated cost would be in excess of 4.1 million dollars.