The Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation Department plans to close the Ambroz Recreation Center this fall.

Tuesday the city announced they will transfer all of its programs to the city's new Northwest Recreation Center, which will be completely ADA compliant.

Sven Leff is the Director of the city's Parks and Recreation Department. He says it's easier to move the programs and close Ambroz rather than deal with renovation complications.

"We look at the assets and strengths of that as a facility, and the deficiencies of the antique that's over at Ambroz, that beautiful little building, and you know we could really do a lot better with the programs we offer by relocating them to an accessible modern facility," said Leff.

The Parks and Rec Department is looking for alternative space to house some offices, music programs and ceramics programs due to space and storage complications.

A couple of community buildings have already expressed interest in housing the programs.