EdmTrekker
Senior Member
How about an expansion to the Muttart if we are grasping for straws.
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IanO
Senior Member
Well, 'we' aren't grasping at straws and there are plans to transform what was a ski club, into a athletic, sport, educational and social centre that will cater to more people and help continue to develop our winter city offerings.
Airboy
Senior Member
They were running MTB courses out of there. So making it an outdoor sports learning centre is a good idea.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Edmonton Ski Club asks city for funds to build new lodge - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The Edmonton Ski Club asked city councillors Tuesday for about $3.5 million for a new lodge and $800,000 for demolition and a temporary space.
globalnews.ca
The Edmonton Ski Club asked city councillors Tuesday for about $3.5 million to go towards a new lodge.
The club is also asking for an additional $800,000 for demolition and a temporary space.
A city committee heard from speakers Tuesday afternoon and voted in favour of moving forward on the project, but no decisions on funding will be made until November or December.
“We can’t decide that today,” explained Coun. Sarah Hamilton. “The most we can make of a decision is that it comes to budget and we get to debate this at budget.”
IanO
Senior Member
This budget is going to be EXTREMELY painful and quite a show to watch; I am not seeing this cross the threshold for funding*
*it does check a lot of boxes though.
*it does check a lot of boxes though.
Gronk!
Senior Member
IanO
Senior Member
Rec and culture is far more palatable.
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
Only if you think taxes have to be kept near 0. I think council has to put through a big tax increase this year, with inflation where it is there is simply no other way and too many city services are being run to the ground.
Avenuer
Senior Member
I thought with the Feds investing the $6.6 million for the River Valley OUtdoor Activity Centre that the ski club would be a part of that going forward? Surely that would be enough funding to keep them afloat regardless of any addition City of Edmonton funding?
Gronk!
Senior Member
Council votes to support Edmonton Ski Club lodge modernization project
The Edmonton Ski Club's old lodge in Gallagher Park will be demolished using city funds.
IanO
Senior Member
Awesome.
I didn't expect this.
I didn't expect this.
IanO
Senior Member
This is easily rectified.
itom987
Active Member
It isn't even a pool.
Gronk!
Senior Member
‘There is no tree’: A different look to downtown Edmonton’s Holiday Light Up - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The Edmonton Downtown Business Association is changing things up this year, moving the annual holiday celebration out of Churchill Square and onto Rice Howard Way.
globalnews.ca
IanO
Senior Member
While I can appreciate the intent to drive more folks to RHW, these could have complimented Churchill components, expanded the event, provided more reasons to come Downtown and enjoy the kickoff to the season, I find this exceptionally disappointing and rather upsetting.
Having been intimately involved in the organizing of this event for more than a few years, the donors, volunteers and participants were very passionate about this particular annual tradition and absorbed a lot of the costs because of the joy it brought to them, their organizations and the city as a whole.
I'm happy to see more attention being directed towards RHW and its businesses, but the loss of this is significant and disappointing.
*Sigh*