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Multi-use centre committee keeps moving forward DAN WALTON dan@invermerevalleyecho.com The new community hall coming to Invermere saw more of its logistics hammered out at a meeting with the advisory committee last week. Members of the Community Hall Advisory Committee met for the regular meeting at the District of Invermere council chambers on Tuesday, August 12th. Discussed were the needs of the performing consortium, the management of sub-committees, and phase two. A delegation from the library also presented. Concerns were raised over recreational activities in the multi-use rooms, as the performing arts will have stage equipment that could be damaged by sports like airsoft or basketball, said Barb Neraasen, who was representing the performing con-
sortium. She also raised the possibil- Prosser said that, because other faity of the youth centre and kitchen cilities will be offered in the building, interfering with performances. As a it will be less challenging to make efrecommended solution, she said that ficient use of the space. the theatre should be separated from As it stands, the size of the new lithe multi-use room, even if it means brary will likely be built to a dimenshrinking the size of the room. Ms. sion around 4,000 square feet (370 Neraasen also suggested the idea of square metres), which is expected to a suspended catcost roughly $350 per walk above the square foot, totaling The two (library performance area $1.4 million. and fitness centre) With more than for audio and visual technicians, and are not connected at the $100,000 raised so far, said that there is hip. Mr. Symington asked GERRY TAFT how much of the sum no need for a raised INVERMERE MAYOR stage. is required before Speaking on beconstruction can behalf of the Invermere Public Library, gin on the library. He also asked if the Tom Symington contrasted the area project can begin before phase one is and size of Invermere’s library to finished, and if the project’s progress those in communities of similar size is contingent upon the progress of across the province, which he says the fitness centre. have more square footage per user. Mayor Gerry Taft couldn’t offer a But chief administrative officer Chris threshold for how much money is re-
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quired before beginning work on the new library, but cautioned against relying on fundraising as the staple for revenue. He said a referendum will be the most likely method of raising the bulk of the $1.4 million. “It shouldn’t be for the bricks and mortar – fundraising is for the bells and whistles,” Mr. Taft said. The library project cannot begin before the completion of phase two he said, but its progress does not depend on that of the fitness centre. “The two are not connected at the hip,” said Mr. Taft. When it was time to discuss sub-committees, Mr. Prosser warned against an abundance of task forces, as timeliness is more likely to be taxed when more volunteer roles are created. The next advisory committee meeting takes place on September 9th between 4 and 6 p.m.
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