Saturday, September 22, 2012

Ubyssey news story on proposed Westbrook Community Centre

Ubyssey Story on the Westbrook Community Centre
The next stage in the growing development of South Campus is a new 30,000-square-foot community centre.
The new centre is slated to have a gym, general meeting and multipurpose rooms along with a dance studio and café space. Construction of the centre is set to start this winter.
Charles Menzies, a campus resident since 1996, said that current community facilities on campus are limited and cramped. The Wesbrook area is expected to grow to 6,250 households over the next 15 years.
“It’s the Manhattanizing of this campus. They have nine high-rise buildings planned, and several that are already here.… They’re basically somewhere around 40 per cent increase on campus population, and that’s gonna put a big strain on the campus population, insofar as space,” said Menzies.
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