The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-28, Page 40Wee comple;1,
vis abandoned
BY DAVE SYKES survey and the students
of GUCI also wanted to
The, last, decade was a get behind it. .
rather innovative one in The complex conimitte
the town of Qpderich in was now acting onsup-
the area of recreation and . port through the sura ey
facilities: • and made plans to view a
In the early 70s similar. operation �in
recreationwas under the Tillsonburg. .they -were
jurisdiction of a comp also proceeding with the
mittee of town council preparation of drawings.
and in 1971 the committee The complex committe
examined the feasibility worked diligently on the
of hiring a recreation project and. in 1975, with
director to initiate an drawings prepared for
--.- .--operation 'et lanai-- -the-two sites;-their-task---
programs
ibs;their-task--
programs and move into was nearing completion.
cultural programming as In late November of
well. 1975 the committee
A recreation director Submitted .a final six-
-was lured in 1972 -but" the' - -page report to council for •
road towards achieving the building of a $2
an adequate and million recreation
balanced program was complex. The committe
had completed its
preparations, surveys,
drawings and now needed
rocky.
But with the im-
plementation 'of a
directory' and subsequent
programming there was
soon talk of needed
recreational facilities in
.Goderich... That lead to
excitedtalk of a
recreation complex and
years work by a selected
committee.
Late in I973 a general
public meeting was held
to discuss the feasibility
of building a recreation
complex in town and. the
idea received. en-
thusiastic support from.
many groups.
At that meeting the
Kinsmen, Lions, Rotary,
Council, the Huron
County Board of
Education, Goderich
Legion and students . of
Goderich and District
C,pllegiate Institute
pledged their . support
towards the creation of
such a facility. The
proposed site for the
complex was on a 10 acre
p-ar-cel of -land across
from GDCI that was
owned by the Huron
County Board of
. Education.
From meetings a
complex committeewas
formed to investigate the
• feasibility, site and costs
of the proposed complex.
had formalised some
la
pns " and was now
considering two sites for
the complex. The sites
were the" board of
'education land and a
second proposal that the
complex be. built on the
race track adjacent to the
arena.
The complex was to
include an indoor
swimming pool, a health
centre, a new ice pad and
facilities for tennis and
squash.
The race track site was
believed to be the better
of the two proposed .
locations due its central -
location and that a new
ice surface could be built
beside the existing arena.
That same year 'the
recreation board con-
ducted `a complex survey
of 3,4p0 voters in
Goder icha de rural
areas. Of suureyN.,..
sheets returned, 72 per
cent were in favor of
building a recreation
complex while 28 per cent
opposed ;the idea. F - _
Goderich and Colborne
Township councils
pledged support for the
complex following the
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