In November 1998, as the Orange School District passed their bond issue for a new elementary school, plans formulated to renovate the old Pepper Pike School into a new shared school and community resource facility. The Orange Community Education & Recreation staff and Commission worked closely with the Orange Board of Education in planning the reconfiguration of this facility which would also become the new permanent home of the Orange Community Education & Recreation Department. The Board of Education and Orange Community Education & Recreation shared the cost of renovation of the facility. The department moved into the facility in September, 2001, and the building was formally dedicated as the Pepper Pike Learning Center in February 2002. The Pepper Pike Learning Center now houses Orange Community Education & Recreation's administrative offices and its Early Childhood Preschool, Youth, Stagecrafters' and Adult Education programs and offices.