Designs released for proposed Coldstream Community Hall

The site plan for Coldstream’s proposed Community Hall and Child Care Centre will be looked over by an advisory committee tonight.

The project will replace the existing Women’s Institute Hall next to the district office, and across the road from Coldstream Elementary School, on Kalamalka Road.

It will include an 84-space child care facility run by Maven Lane.

Design rendering of Maven Lane child care centre. (submitted photo/Sahuri & Partners)

The architect, Sahuri & Partners of Kelowna, has produced design renderings of the proposed centre.

The B.C. government is providing just over $5 million for the project.

Design rendering of inside of proposed Coldstream Community Hall (submitted image)

At a meeting of the facility’s advisory committee in December 2020, the committee endorsed the revised layout for the facility and also provided the following comments/concerns:

Hall to be larger to accommodate 200+ people for events
Acoustics within the hall
Soundproofing of the hall from the child care centre
Shade for the glass display case
Eliminate the westside corridor to increase the size of the hall
Decrease the size of the office spaces
Combine the mechanical/electrical rooms
Review the size of the kitchen to have a small-scale commercial kitchen with outside access
Extend the eastside wall of the hall to be even with the vestibule without compromising desired patio space
Example of capacity in hall for standing and seated audience as well as event style table seating (i.e. wedding)
Hall should have access to the parking lot for loading/unloading equipment

Sahuri & Partners has prepared an updated site plan considering the items above which the committee will look over at the meeting Jan. 26.

If the committee confirms the site plan, and council gives its approval, the consultant would confirm the cost estimate and the detailed design process would follow.

Public input will also be sought at a later time.

Click here to see more of the design renderings.

by Pete McIntyre

Designs released for proposed Coldstream Community Hall

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