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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09b Delegation Anne Thompson re Use of Facility (Crighton Community Cultural Centre)CRICHTON COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTRE PARTNERS People concerned about our community The School of Dance - a nationally -known seminar of learning VISION a� 1. Crichton Street School as a multi -use, not - for - profit community centre for use by New Edinburgh, surrounding communities, and the city: Community activities: public meeting space, yoga classes, seniors' euchre club, artist studios and exhibition space; The School of Dance: the full program currently in place, with the potential to expand into computer -based dance training, a state- of -the- art Celia Franca dance studio; And other users, with a preference for not - for - profit (day -care, health clinics, School of Art computer animation program, Private elementary school). 2. Residential development on part of the school yard. PURPOSE • We believe that a healthy community requires diversity in the way that buildings are used. Increasingly, residential development is driving out more varied uses; • The community needs a meeting place and room for programs. Space is not available anywhere nearby to serve as an adequate replacement for the Lighthouse program space in Crichton Street School; • The School of Dance is looking for a permanent home. Their current location is rented and does not supply the appropriate and sufficient space; • The Ottawa School of Art is looking for space for its computer animation program, and is hoping to co- locate with other arts organizations; • An RMOC study concluded that Ottawa is short of facilities for the arts (Carol can help here); • Public leaders have told us that they will increasingly need more community satellite facilities, our goal is to operate as one of those satellite facilities for the new city of Ottawa. J2 -2- PROPOSAL • We have formed a strong coalition as the core of the Crichton CommunityCultural Centre; • We have consulted lawyers and financial experts on the feasibility of the proposal; • We have held discussions with several residential developers to explore co- operative development of the Crichton Community Cultural Centre; • We have the capability to raise significant funds and we have commitments in principle from different levels of government for significant grants and contributions; • Partner with a community sensitive residential developer for part of the land and offer the OCDSB a fair market price for the Crichton School property; and • We propose that the OCDSB allow us an opportunity to purchase the property at fair market value prior to formally tending the property for sale on the open market.