Coldstream proceeds with community centre project & new child care spaces

The District of Coldstream is moving ahead with designs for re-development of the Coldstream Town Center area.

A new community hall will replace the existing Women’s Institute Hall next to the District office on Kalamalka Road, and 84 new child care spaces will be constructed on the adjacent vacant land.

The district has partnered with Maven Lane which will operate the child care facility on the district’s behalf.

The new child care facility will add 24 infant/toddler spaces, 25 spaces for children aged three to kindergarten, 10 pre-school spaces and 25 spaces for school-aged children.

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“The child care spaces in the new Coldstream facility will provide much needed support to families in our community as they return to work and school,” said Coldstream Mayor Jim Garlick. “The new Coldstream facility is centrally located, with an elementary school across the street, accessible and will be an important part of the revitalization of our Town Center area.”

“On behalf of the North Okanagan Child Care Society (Maven Lane), I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the District of Coldstream for the opportunity to join forces to address the provincial child care crisis” says Hollie Henderson, Executive Director of NOCCS. “With this partnership, we will have the ability to provide families with access to high quality and affordable early learning programs. We are excited to plant some roots and build a long lasting relationship with the community”.

District CAO Trevor Seibel said the municipality will immediately begin the procurement process for the design and construction of the new facilities.

The new facilities will be completed thanks to previously announced provincial grant funding of $5,092,365.