Enumclaw Senior Center services to pause during temporary move to VFW Hall.

Published 11:00 am Tuesday, May 19, 2026

The Enumclaw Senior Center will soon move its operations to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall 1949 temporarily as the downtown building receives some repairs and upgrades.

The senior center is expected to be closed between June through August, according to Allina Hibbs, the city’s Parks and Rec director.

The move from the senior center to the VFW Hall will be from June 2 – 5.

After that, all services will continue at the hall, including lunch.

Activities at The Evergreen Club will not be affected by this move.

The Enumclaw City Council awarded a bid to DM Pacific to work on the century-old structure during last month.

DM Pacific bid nearly $391,000 for the project, with the city setting a budget of $800,000; an additional $315,000 was being funded by the city as matching grant funds.

The funds for the project partly come from a $485,000 U.S. Department of Commerce grant that the city was awarded in 2023.

The grant funds were originally going to be used to help fund the construction of a new community center downtown, complete with a new senior center, Enumclaw Chamber of Commerce and Arts Alive! space, a full gym, and classrooms and a commons area for community use and rent.

But the Enumclaw community rejected the bond measure that would have funded the $19.5 million project, with only 47.7% of ballots approving the proposition (the bond required a supermajority, or 60%, of ballots to pass).

The money is now being used for the upkeep of the senior center.

Expected work includes select interior demolition, new flooring, a new ceiling, and some lighting replacements, among other modifications.