Braddan Commissioners is asking the government to sign off a £6.5 million loan to build a new leisure facility in the parish.
A petition has been submitted to the Department of Infrastructure seeking the funds.
Plans for the site include using it as a sports hall, child nursery, and commissioners offices.
Should the loan application be approved, the sum would be paid back over a 30-year period.
Vice chair of the commissioners, Christina Corkill, spoke to Local Democracy Reporter Chris Cave:
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