The future of the River Heights and Sir John Franklin Community Centre

Monday this week, I joined Bob Kury at the River Heights Community Centre. Bob Kury is the newly elected President, and he and many of the new directors are part of a movement to save the River Heights Community Centre.

In recent months, a proposal has been on the table to amalgamate River Heights Community Centre with Sir John Franklin Community Centre and Tuxedo Community Centre at the Lipsett Hall location on Kenaston Boulevard. But strong opposition to this proposal by members of the River Heights Community Centre has led to the election of a new board with President Bob Kury to look at alternatives.

Bob Kury and I walked around the River Heights Community Club to look at some of the changes that are needed. The present design of the upstairs areas gives rise to problems with temperature control in this space. The hockey rink needs changes to improve the energy efficiency of the building. Bob Kury even mentioned the possibility of using the space for indoor soccer (soccer is increasing in a major way), and building a new hockey arena to the south of the present one. There are certainly opportunities as well as challenges in considering how to move forward. Good luck to you Bob Kury and your new team.

The web page of the River Heights Community Centre can be found at:
http://www.riverheightscc.org/index.html

The web page of the Sir John Franklin Community Centre can be found at:
http://sjf.ca/