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Mould prompts Parkholm renovations
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$1.4M total cost Robert Freeman The Progress
Kids take part in the first ever Downtown Road Hockey Classic on Alexander Avenue on Saturday. More than 125 kids, aged 5-12, signed up for the event which featured two rinks and 10 half-hour games throughout the day. For a photographic slide show of the event, go to theprogress.com and click on ‘community’. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
A wing of Parkholm Place in Chilliwack appears to be shrinkwrapped and a sign outside the health facility warns that it’s an infection control area. But the plastic covering is actually a “dust containment method” as renovations are made to the East wing of the building, said Tasleem Juma, spokesperson for the Fraser Health Authority. She said the infection control sign is required whenever the FHA undertakes construction projects, although mould was discovered in some areas of the Parkholm facility. “It’s to contain all of that (dust and mould),” she said. Asbestos was also found in the building and a certified asbestos consultant is on-site to supervise removal, she said. Continued: PROBLEMS/ p6
New UFV campus coming to downtown Chilliwack Jennifer Feinberg The Progress
A former bank building is getting a brand-new lease on life as a centre of higher learning in downtown Chilliwack. Bank of Montreal officials announced Friday the donation of their former branch building on Yale Road to the University of the Fraser Valley, to be transformed into an education “plaza” focused business development and training.
The gift of $850,000 from BMO Group to UFV, along with $650,000 from CEPCO for renovations, make for a total donation of roughly $1.5 million to build the newest UFV campus in the heart of downtown. “This makes it the largest one-time gift in the bank’s history in B.C.,” said BMO Group spokesman Henry Donkers. “Best of all the use of the building fits in with our commitment to giving to lifelong learning. It makes for a perfect model.”
BMO management told city officials of their strong interest in helping with downtown redevelopment efforts, and the bank has a distinguished histor y in the community, dating back 106 years in various downtown locations. “We are proud to have to contributed to the socialeconomic life of Chilliwack over the past century, and to have helped our customers reach their financial goals,” Donkers said. Mayor Sharon Gaetz
called it an “exciting day” for the city since the heart of the downtown is at Five Corners. “So I’m glad Santa Claus came to town a little early this year,” Gaetz said. The community was left with a feeling of sadness and “What now?” when the BMO announced it was pulling the branch out of the downtown to move to Eagle Landing, she recounted. Continued: BMO/ p6
The wraps come off UFV’s future downtown location.
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