City’s General Committee Passes Multi-Use Recreational Facility Update Report for Addition to Memorial Centre

Brockville – At the City of Brockville’s General Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, report 2024-65, the Multi-Use Recreational Facility Update was passed at the committee level.

The City of Brockville has released renderings of the addition and upgrade to the existing Memorial Centre.

The full report can be found here!

During the August 15, 2023 General Committee a revised staff report 2023-141 was approved by the General Committee and subsequently approved during the August 29, 2023 Council meeting.

The approved staff report included the following motion:

“THAT Council approve the conceptual 50% design to move forward to 100% detailed design; and

THAT Council approve the formation of a fundraising committee with terms of reference with an objective of fundraising $5,000,000 towards the project construction costs;”

In accordance with the approved motion, Operations staff have worked continuously with IDEA/N45 as the designer, to continue to develop the detailed design of the MURF project.

The objective of this report is to inform City Council of:

• Progress of the detailed design
• Important pending timelines
• Design concepts and public renderings for public viewing
• Information related to the Memorial Centre solar panel FIT program
• Updated total project cost estimates
• Update on fundraising goals and strategy
• Potential uses for the Youth Arena facility post-project