Central Community Club Recreation Facility Reconstruction Project

completed

• To expand and improve access and quality to established community and recreation-based infrastructure in Kenora. • To restore and upgrade a community-oriented, non-commercial, and publicly accessible recreational facility that has been a cornerstone in Kenora for the last 70 years. • To provide alternative recreational opportunities to low-income families, children and youth that are free and accessible. • To promote healthy living and mitigate against addiction and mental health issues. * Reconstruct Central Community Clubhouse to restore, support, and improve community access to free outdoor recreation, and provide a universally accessible and modern facility to host community and social events * Reconstruct hockey rink and replace deteriorating boards surrounding hockey rink * Paved/lined hockey rink surface to extend ice-surface lifespan each season * Construct players bench area * Upgrade exterior lights for ice-surface areas The facility will be accessible to the public for free, and to groups for private rentals, to promote outdoor recreation, community social events, and mitigate against addiction and mental health issues currently impacting the City of Kenora. Target users are children, youth, seniors, low income residents, school and sledge hockey programs, and indigenous Canadians and First Nations living both on- and off-reserve in Kenora and Treaty 3 territory.