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The Brussels Post, 1977-11-23, Page 17To The Village 01 Brussels And The Townships Of Morris And Grey On The Opening Of The New Arena McKercher s Construction RP 2 Bluevale (Jamestown) 8874058 was Grey sold Won tee' lat a it 0 :Won iture rid Committee assured of needed grants from Wintario A pageOne story March 3, said: "The cost of the new Brussels, Grey and Morris community centre should be known in about two weeks, arena committee chairman Jim Prior told .about ings, mechanical equipment, engineering fees and lawyers fees will have to be included in the budget. dozen people who attended a meeting in Brussels Monday night. ' Mr. Prior told those present that beyond the cost of thp structure, such factors ,as property cost, interior furnish- The committee expects to receive seven or eight tenders from contractors for the erection of the structure, designed by Maitland Engineering of Wingham. The deadline for submissions is March 11. One contractor has suggested a mid-April start on the building with completion by mid-October. Mr. Prior said he told the meeting taht he expected other contractors' projected building times would be about the same. The committe has made application to the Ministry of Culture' and Recreation for a grant of $50,000 to cover the cost of an elevator for the handi- capped. Mr. Prior felt that the design and facilities of the building would meet the requirements set down by the Ministry. "We have an excellent chance of getting the grant" he said. A by-law passed Monday by the Brussels Council designating the new arena as a commu nity centre means tithat the committee can seek further funding from the Community Centres branch of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation, Mr. Prior told the meeting. ' Grants from Wintario should cover the balance of the money needed to build the structure. "We've been given very good assurance that 'we will get what we have asked for," Mr. Prior said. The arena committee is to meet with the executive of the curling club Thursday to settle one of the major sources of confusion about the arena and the facilities it will contain. "We hope that we can iron out our problems," Mr. Prior said." Banquet room at the new arena Tenders awarded, building to start at the end of April building starting to take shape, more donations should come in, he said. from Wayne Davison Electric Electrical Contracting Residental Commercial Industrial Kincardine 395-5725 The successful bidder on the arena contractor outbid five other companies, John Wheelwright Ltd., Weston, Logan construc- tion, Stratford, Whitney Con- struction, Stratford Engineered Building Systems, Kitchener and Transway of Guelph. XDG may be using some local trades once the arena construction gets underway, Mr. Prior said. about $218,000 to be raised locally, Mr. Prior said. About $171,000 has already been ,raised from Brussels and area private donors, -leaving a goal 'of about $48,000 still to be raised, Mr. Priory said. The remaining $48,000 has to be raised from the public as municipal or debentured funds don't qualify for the Wintario two for one funding, he told the Post. "We're going to raise it, that's all," the chairman said optimis- tically. Once people see the an tha t wind rena bout 'ants, rena. The curling club for a time considered the possibility of buying and repairing the old building, but in the end rejected the idea as too expensive. Following a series of meetings with the arena committee, the curling club wad assured that its needs would be met by the n ew arena. Special locked storage facilities were designed into the lounge area the curlers would use, and with that, the occasion- ally heated disagreements between the two sides were largely resolved, On March 23, the Post reported that the' cost of the new arena would be $695,000. The cost was established after contractors bids were opened March 18 in a joint arena committee and council "Tenders have been awarded for the new Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre and construction will start at the end of April. Arena committee chairman Jim Prior told the Post Tuesday morning that his committee, in a meeting Friday night with Brussels council, selected. XDG Ltd. of Kitchener, the lowest of six 'tenders at $695,000, 'to build the pre-engineered steel arena. Completion date according to the agreement with the contractor, is October 15 acid the new arena should be "Usable by that date", Mr, Prier Said.; The arena committee` has received notice that the new building will qualify for a 100 per tent grant for an elevator. That takes nearly $29,000 off the contract price.. Mt, Prior commented. Grants under the Community Centres Act should be about $80,000; two for one funding frOni Wintario' is available On the whole cost of the arena, leaving Kinn who. the: vipd sels f irst,, ay. that' ge, the the een of wed Bill. cf." ena riot' eeti the ere uld for'