Trump White House Plans $250K Bowling Alley Renovation
The General Services Administration also added $8,800 for escort services as the same contractor won an $878,000 EEOB basement studio job.
- On July 28, the General Services Administration awarded a nearly $253,000 contract to Charles Mann Enterprises for lighting work at the historic Harry S. Truman Bowling Alley in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
- The project revives a renovation target that previously sparked Republican outrage, when an Obama administration proposal to rebuild lanes deemed "irreparable" collapsed within 90 minutes of Time magazine reporting it.
- Charles Mann Enterprises also received $8,800 on Aug. 18 for escort services and a separate $878,000 contract for an unspecified "EEOB basement studio project" in the same basement location.
- Former Rep. Pat Meehan previously led GOP-controlled House opposition, arguing the plan was comparable to ice cream—a "want," not a "need" worthy of federal funds.
- Since its 1947 construction for Harry Truman, the alley has undergone bipartisan updates, including a 1994 renovation under President Bill Clinton and a 2019 restoration led by First Lady Melania Trump using private funds.
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