City chips in $200K more for Park centre project
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The City of Brandon is contributing an additional $200,000 to the Park Community Centre redevelopment project at the request of the provincial government.
Council voted Monday to add the funds to the $1.2 million the city is already providing for work on the centre. The additional funding will be allocated through the 2026 budget.
“This was a request from the province to move this Park Community Centre and the daycare project to its last stage before going out to tender,” Coun. Kris Desjarlais (Ward 2) said at the meeting.
“We’re that close — they just needed the extra funds from the city.”
The topic was brought forward by Desjarlais as part of a committee of the whole report. The subject was also discussed in a closed meeting without the public allowed in before the regular meeting started.
In April, the province announced $6 million for the 1428 Louise Ave. centre redevelopment that will include a licensed, non-profit child-care facility with 62 spaces.
“We’ve been waiting for several years for the Park Community Centre redevelopment, and the province stepped up during their election and promised the new community centre with a daycare,” Desjarlais said. “We’re helping them achieve that, and we’re willing to offer a little bit more money into the Park Community Centre to make those projects happen.”
Desjarlais said there are about 800 children on waitlists for daycare spots, and that this is the “best way we can” help the province lower that number.
“The Park Community Centre and the daycare are one step closer to shovel-ready projects,” he said.
» alambert@brandonsun.com