Regent Park Community Centre - Community Recreation Centre & Employment Centre - February 2010

Community Hub Design:
The City of Toronto and the Toronto District School Board have jointly selected CS&P Architects Inc. to design the new Regent Park community hub. The hub includes the new Regent Park Community Centre (Parks Forestry & Recreation community recreation centre and Employment Services employment centre) connected to the fully renovated Nelson Mandela Park Public School and Blevins Child Care. This is an exciting and uniquely collaborative design and development process and all the partners are enthusiastically working together.

Date(s), time(s) and location(s)

Focus Group Meeting

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
South Regent Park Community Centre
203 Sackville Green

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
7 p.m.
South Regent Park Community Centre
203 Sackville Green

Saturday, February 20, 2010
1 p.m.
South Regent Park Community Centre
203 Sackville Green

Design Options Presentation Workshop

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7 p.m.
South Regent Park Community Centre
203 Sackville Green

OR

Saturday, March 13, 2010
1 p.m.
South Regent Park Community Centre
203 Sackville Green

Presentation of Schematic Design

Wednesday, April 7, 2010
7 p.m.
South Regent Park Community Centre
203 Sackville Green

Interpretation and childcare will be provided

• Meeting notice - Feb 10, 2010 (PDF)
• Meeting notice - Feb 17 and 20, 2010 (PDF)
• Workshop notice - March 10 or 13, 2010 (PDF)
• Regent Park Community Centre - meeting schedule (PDF)
• Design Presentation and Open House - April 7, 2010 (PDF)

How to participate

Consultation process: The consultation plan for the new Regent Park Community Centre is still being fine-tuned and is subject to revision, but there will likely be four opportunities for the community to provide input for the design of the new Regent Park Community Centre:

1. Focus Group Meetings: The consultation plan will include Focus Group meetings with existing community centre users and other stakeholders. The Focus Groups will allow a wide range of stakeholders to identify key community needs and aspirations that must be considered in the design of the facility. These meetings will be scheduled for January/February 2010.
2. Design Brainstorming/Exploration Workshop: A Design Brainstorming/Exploration Workshop will follow the Focus Group meetings where community members may participate in developing design concepts and testing design strategies for the combined community hub. The Brainstorming/Exploration Workshop will be scheduled for February 2010.
3. Design Options Presentation Workshop: At a Design Options Presentation Workshop to be scheduled in March 2010, the 2 or 3 design options based on the previous workshops will be presented to the community for their input.
4. Design Presentation Open House: After further development by the architects, the design will then be showcased at a Community Open House in the spring of 2010.

To get involved in the design of the Community Centre please contact:

Doug Giles, Senior Project Coordinator
City of Toronto
Parks, Forestry & Recreation
Tel: 416-392-0989
E-mail: dgiles@toronto.ca

Materials

• Schematic Design Presentation & Open House - April 7, 2010 (PDF)
• Schematic Design Presentation & Open House (poster) - April 7, 2010 (PDF)
• Presentation - March 2010 (PDF)

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