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05-14-2010, 09:41 PM
City of Kingston
May 11, 2010
Public To Be Updated On Memorial Centre Revitalization
Information Session Offers Latest On Pool, Gardens & Linear Park
An Information Session to offer a progress report on work at the Memorial Centre site is set for 6:30 p.m.on Monday, May 17 at the Memorial Centre, 303 York St.
With the linear park due to be completed within the month, City staff are making themselves available to provide information on the next steps for improvements to the site and to address questions regarding the current Memorial Centre Revitalization projects, including: the linear park, the Veteran's Memorial Gardens and the Leo LaFleur Waterpark.
Details and concept plans related to these projects are also available at www.cityofkingston.ca/memorialrevitalization (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/recreation/arenas/memorial/).
Plan to get there by bus: www.cityofkingston.ca/tripplanner (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/transportation/transit/trip-planner).
information:
Cindie Ashton, Communications Officer, 613-546-4291, extension 3116 (cell 329-3462). Or call the City of Kingston's media hotline at 613-546-4291, ext 2300.
CKWS-TV Report:
MEM CENTRE TOUR: A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FACELIFT IS WELL UNDERWAY AT THE KINGSTON MEMORIAL CENTRE .
CKWS-TV May 14, 2010
http://www.ckwstv.com/index.cfm?page=news&id=2492
(http://www.ckwstv.com/index.cfm?page=news&id=2492)WITH ONE PHASE OF THE 30 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION -- THE NEXT ROUND IS SET TO BEGIN.
NEWSWATCH'S DARRYN DAVIS HAS AN UPDATE.
WORK IS MOVING QUICKLY AT THE MEMORIAL CENTRE.
LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THE SOD IS NOW IN PLACE AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES SET TO BE HELD AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
LUKE FOLLWELL
"WE HAVE AN OPENEING CEREMONIES A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LINEAR PARK COMPONENT, MAY 31 AT NOON AND WE'LL MEET TO DO A WALK RUN JOG STROLL WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO. COME ON OUT BRING EVERYONE AND WE HOPE TO HAVE AN EXCITING DAY."
CREWS ARE GEARING UP FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
IT WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF THE MEMORIAL GARDENS, AND A NEW OUTDOOR POOL
LUKE FOLLWELL
"WHAT WE HAVE IS A NEW AND IMPROVED WATER SLIDE A LARGE TANK FOR SWIMMING LANES, FOUR LANES, A LEASURE COMPONENT PLAY FEATURES A LAZY RIVER TO DO SOME AQUA FIT AND THERAPY AND ALSO AS NEW AND EXCITING SPLASH PAD."
THE POOL WILL ALSO FEATURE SOME GREEN COMPONENTS.
SOLAR HEATING WILL BE USED IN THE POOL AND SHOWERS WHICH FITS IN WITH THE CITY'S PLANS TO BECOME CANADA'S MOST SUSTAINABLE CITY.
THE LINEAR PARK HAS ITS' SHARE OF GREEN FEATURES AS WELL.
LUKE FOLLWELL
"THE LINEAR PARK COMPONENT WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED AND FORTY TREES AS PART OF THAT PROJECT AND ANOTHER CLOSE TO EIGHTY TREES NEAR THE POOL AND GARDENS, USING LED PATHWAY LIGHTING ON SITE."
SOME RENOVATIONS ARE BEING DONE TO THE MEMORIAL CENTRE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHURCH ATHLETIC HOCKEY LEAGUE.
THE MEMORIAL CENTRE WILL UNDERGO 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE LEAGUE'S 11-HUNDRED PLAYERS.
DARRYN DAVIS CKWS NEWSWATCH KINGSTON.
May 11, 2010
Public To Be Updated On Memorial Centre Revitalization
Information Session Offers Latest On Pool, Gardens & Linear Park
An Information Session to offer a progress report on work at the Memorial Centre site is set for 6:30 p.m.on Monday, May 17 at the Memorial Centre, 303 York St.
With the linear park due to be completed within the month, City staff are making themselves available to provide information on the next steps for improvements to the site and to address questions regarding the current Memorial Centre Revitalization projects, including: the linear park, the Veteran's Memorial Gardens and the Leo LaFleur Waterpark.
Details and concept plans related to these projects are also available at www.cityofkingston.ca/memorialrevitalization (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/recreation/arenas/memorial/).
Plan to get there by bus: www.cityofkingston.ca/tripplanner (http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/transportation/transit/trip-planner).
information:
Cindie Ashton, Communications Officer, 613-546-4291, extension 3116 (cell 329-3462). Or call the City of Kingston's media hotline at 613-546-4291, ext 2300.
CKWS-TV Report:
MEM CENTRE TOUR: A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FACELIFT IS WELL UNDERWAY AT THE KINGSTON MEMORIAL CENTRE .
CKWS-TV May 14, 2010
http://www.ckwstv.com/index.cfm?page=news&id=2492
(http://www.ckwstv.com/index.cfm?page=news&id=2492)WITH ONE PHASE OF THE 30 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT NEARING COMPLETION -- THE NEXT ROUND IS SET TO BEGIN.
NEWSWATCH'S DARRYN DAVIS HAS AN UPDATE.
WORK IS MOVING QUICKLY AT THE MEMORIAL CENTRE.
LIGHTS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THE SOD IS NOW IN PLACE AND JUST IN TIME FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES SET TO BE HELD AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
LUKE FOLLWELL
"WE HAVE AN OPENEING CEREMONIES A RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE LINEAR PARK COMPONENT, MAY 31 AT NOON AND WE'LL MEET TO DO A WALK RUN JOG STROLL WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO. COME ON OUT BRING EVERYONE AND WE HOPE TO HAVE AN EXCITING DAY."
CREWS ARE GEARING UP FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
IT WILL INCLUDE THE CREATION OF THE MEMORIAL GARDENS, AND A NEW OUTDOOR POOL
LUKE FOLLWELL
"WHAT WE HAVE IS A NEW AND IMPROVED WATER SLIDE A LARGE TANK FOR SWIMMING LANES, FOUR LANES, A LEASURE COMPONENT PLAY FEATURES A LAZY RIVER TO DO SOME AQUA FIT AND THERAPY AND ALSO AS NEW AND EXCITING SPLASH PAD."
THE POOL WILL ALSO FEATURE SOME GREEN COMPONENTS.
SOLAR HEATING WILL BE USED IN THE POOL AND SHOWERS WHICH FITS IN WITH THE CITY'S PLANS TO BECOME CANADA'S MOST SUSTAINABLE CITY.
THE LINEAR PARK HAS ITS' SHARE OF GREEN FEATURES AS WELL.
LUKE FOLLWELL
"THE LINEAR PARK COMPONENT WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED AND FORTY TREES AS PART OF THAT PROJECT AND ANOTHER CLOSE TO EIGHTY TREES NEAR THE POOL AND GARDENS, USING LED PATHWAY LIGHTING ON SITE."
SOME RENOVATIONS ARE BEING DONE TO THE MEMORIAL CENTRE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE THE ARRIVAL OF THE CHURCH ATHLETIC HOCKEY LEAGUE.
THE MEMORIAL CENTRE WILL UNDERGO 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE LEAGUE'S 11-HUNDRED PLAYERS.
DARRYN DAVIS CKWS NEWSWATCH KINGSTON.