General Suburban Updates and Rumours

[tomh009]

Agreed this is awesome to see. I think it will be a well used facility. I do question which part of the city the development fees have come from? I know there are large swaths of suburban development being built in South Kitchener and the city needs to provide services to these residents, but it does seem like the only place new community/ recreation centres are talked about are in the the suburbs. With the 1000's of new units being built in the Downtown core, the city really should be looking at providing services to these residents as well. Potentially start the early planning for an updated or new facility within walking distance to the core. possibly Bramn st yard?

We could expand the existing Downtown Community Centre with more facilities, if we ripped out its existing surface parking at Ontario/Duke. The Duke St parking garage is literally across the street, or they could build an underground lot like the one under City Hall, if really deemed necessary. A rough estimate on Google Maps says there's about 3300 square metres of surface lot; you could do something decent with that, and create a street-front entrance to Duke that catches your attention. Right now, the DCC feels so hidden and is weirdly unsigned, for a community space.

I agree 100% this is the right answer.