I was flipping through the land for sale section of the city's website and see that February 6th was the deadline to make an offer for the Henderson Highway-fronting portion of the former Kelvin Rec Centre site. The asking price is $285,000 for the 26,058 sq ft parcel.
According to this article in the weeklies, Kelvinites are still pushing for a new fieldhouse and other rec amenities for the remaining land where the rinks and changeroom are. That portion of the site right now is run by Bronx Park CC whose new building is still under construction.
According to the Kelvin section of the Bronx Park website "the General Council of Winnipeg Community Centres and Mayor Sam Katz have promised to maintain the fields and to build a new fieldhouse that will be a vast improvement on our current temporary structure. No formal plans have been made..."
Bronx Park was a housing development established in the early 1900s.
In 1948, East Kildonan's municipal council gave the green light for the East Kildonan Community Club to occupy the land west of Henderson between Bronx and Chelsea Avenues.
This kicked off a fundraising drive for a new clubhouse and the relocation of the old clubhouse to the new site and the name change to Bronx Park. (From where in EK the original EKCC was located, I do not know.)
In 1964, funding was obtained to build the structure that sat there until a year or two ago.
Also see: Bronx Park Opens for Business
3 comments:
You'd think I'd have heard "Kelvinites" before, but that's a first.
We're working with city staff right now to come up with a plan for the site. No details yet, but things are looking very positive at this point.
That's great to hear that something will likely remain there for local youth. Good work !
Thank you Regan for your Hard work, you have mine and my husbands vote.
No way could I give Bill Blaikie my vote, he did nothing to save Kelvin and neither did Gary Doer. Maybe Blaikie could have used some of his millions for Kelvin if he really cared. He doesn't even live in Elmwood.
Post a Comment