KINGSTON — The Village Green Foundation Board of Directors will begin accepting bids for the community center’s construction in January.

The board unanimously voted to put the project up for bid, according to Village Green Foundation Executive Director Daniel Johnson.

Construction is expected to begin in April.

“Everyone erupted in applause,” he said. “They’ve been working on this for so many years.”

January is a good time to go to bid, taking advantage of good weather for construction in the spring, Johnson said.

The foundation has raised $6.3 million of the $8.2 million needed for the project. Building permits are secured and there is a completed infrastructure.

“Our hope would be to have the remaining dollars before construction [begins],” Johnson said. “But we’ve arranged for financing.”

Some financing will be required to get the building built, no matter what; pledged funds won’t all come in at once.

—Kipp Robertson