The New Wesbrook Community Centre
The Official Community Plan (OCP) requires a community centre in South Campus, located adjacent to the village commercial area and the school. The OCP contains a size requirement for the community centre, based on the projected populations of UNA and the future housing areas if and when the future housing reserve areas are occupied.
A new committee, the Wesbrook Place Community Centre User Group, has been formed and is co-chaired by former chair of the UNA, Mike Feeley and UBC Properties Trust (UBCPT) President Al Poettcker. The purpose of this committee is to provide input to the programming and design of the new community centre. The community centre will be built by UBCPT and operated by the UNA. The estimated length of time for this project is approximately 3 years. If you would like provide input to this committee, please email reception@myuna.ca.
Committee Members:
- Mike Feeley, UNA, Co-chair
- Al Poettcker, UBC Properties Trust, Co-chair
- Darcelle Cottons, UBC Childcare
- Bev Christian, UBC Childcare
- Frank Danielson, resident
- Jan Fialkowski, UNA Executive Director
- Chris Finch, resident
- Olga Lockwood, resident
- Fang Long, resident
- Kera MacArthur, UBC Campus and Community Planning
- Charles Menzies, resident
- Sheldon Nathanson, resident
- Stephanie Nesbitt, Old Barn Community Centre Manager
- Simon Richards, Cornerstone Architecture
- Glendon Scott, UNA Operations Manager
- Kavie Toor, UBC Athletics
- Ralph Wells, UNA Sustainability Manager
- Sharon Wu, UNA Chair
- Paul Young, UBC Properties Trust
- Khaled Zaidalkilani, resident
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First Phase
The new plan for Wesbrook Place means that we can build an optimum-sized community centre within the next two years. Expected to open in September 2013, it will be the largest of the three planned community centres on campus.
Here are some key elements of the new community centre:
- Gymnasium and fitness centre
- Bookable rooms, meeting rooms and multi-purpose rooms for classes, programs and events
- A teen centre and games room
- A coffee shop
- Multiple places for informal drop-in and casual use (e.g.open lounge areas)
- Daycare centre
Interconnectedness between indoor and outdoor spaces is also being considered in the design of the adjacent park space. As part of that outdoor space, we are currently exploring the addition of a children’s water park.
The program and design of the new community centre are in the early stages of development and further public consultation on this project will take place.
