Airboy
Senior Member
Talking with one service that I do volunteer work with and they indicated their numbers were down a bit. The dinner service we did 2 weeks ago however had more people. Normally from about 90-120 this time was 138.
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SarcasticMarmot
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There is now a soft opening date (Nov 12), open house date (Dec 16th), and a new community designed name and logo:
www.ctvnews.ca
Boyle Street announces new logo to accompany new facility
Boyle Street Community Services has unveiled the logo for its new headquarters ahead of its opening next month.
www.ctvnews.ca
Airboy
Senior Member
The Thunderbird Centre is now open. Drove by this morning and It look really good.
SarcasticMarmot
Active Member
Went to the okimaw peyesew kamik (King Thunderbird Centre) open house today. Very impressed with the facility, its clearly much better built to purpose than the old banana warehouse. I took some pictures but took fewer inside than I intended as there were alot of community members around and I didn't want to be disrespectful.
The building has had deep Indigenous input: from the design, the open lighting style and outdoor access, focus on ceremony and healing spaces, and decorations throughout. Its clear alot of thought went into the building. 75% of Boyle Street community members are Indigenous so that makes sense. There is a main atrium in the middle that is open to the ceiling and then spaces around the sides ("Dens" as they call them) for people to gather and receive supports. It really felt welcoming.
The main entrance is on the east side in the small park with a long walkway to the main doors, exit is on the north side into the private parking lot shared with the housing facility. Definitely designed to give the community space to gather without being on public land/sidewalks and as far away from neighboring businesses as possible. The space has actually been open to community since November 11th which gives you a sense of how much less gathering outside the building is happening.
The building has had deep Indigenous input: from the design, the open lighting style and outdoor access, focus on ceremony and healing spaces, and decorations throughout. Its clear alot of thought went into the building. 75% of Boyle Street community members are Indigenous so that makes sense. There is a main atrium in the middle that is open to the ceiling and then spaces around the sides ("Dens" as they call them) for people to gather and receive supports. It really felt welcoming.
The main entrance is on the east side in the small park with a long walkway to the main doors, exit is on the north side into the private parking lot shared with the housing facility. Definitely designed to give the community space to gather without being on public land/sidewalks and as far away from neighboring businesses as possible. The space has actually been open to community since November 11th which gives you a sense of how much less gathering outside the building is happening.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
I like the building, and it's definitely gonna be a game changer, but couldn't we have made something less grey?
thefreezebreeze
New Member
some art would look great on it
archited
Senior Member
^ That is the plan, I believe.