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Town study indicates Incredible Styling - Cozy Warmth seniors' centres will INSTALL NOW TO AVOID THE HST & DON'T PAY UNTIL FALL* · Dramatic 54" Fireplace need to expand-- soon · Choose crystals, pebbles or stones the seniors. This relocated centre would cost $2 million to build compared to $4 The Acton Centre's Looking To The million price tag for a stand-alone facility. Future (LTTF) committee commissioned John Daley, president of the Georgearchitectural drawings for the addition-- town Seniors Centre, also endorsed the 4,119 sq. ft. on the east side of its centre. report and said his membership preferred Preliminary cost estimates range between a shared space within an existing town fa$1.2 and $1.4 million. cility. Donna Rowley, co-chair of the LTTF "We currently experience many unique committee, supported the consultants' rechallenges in our present leased facilities port and the subsequent staff and welcome the opportunity to recommendations. be part of a Town facility which "In the very near future, it will would enhance cross-programbe expected of us to do much ming and meet the needs of our more for the health and wellmembership," said Daley. ness of the seniors in our comTown council accepted the munity. The seniors population recommendations of the realready is increasing steadily, port, including adding the proand will continue to do with so posals to future capital budgets with the aging of the `boomer' and directing staff to further population. It is important that develop the idea of moving the we are ready to accept this chalGeorgetown Centre to Gellert. lenge," said Rowley. But a couple of councilJOHN She added the Acton Centre lors questioned the wisdom of DALEY membership, currently about moving the Georgetown cen330 and projected to grow to tre to the Gellert. 600 plus, is committed to help to finance Wards 1&2 Regional Councillor Clark the expansion. Somerville questioned whether Mold"It will be a pleasure to return to counMasters SportsPlex (rated second by the cil with a fundraising plan in the near fuconsultants) would be a better option beture. We look forward to expanding our cause of its centralized location. Ward 3 facility," she told councillors. Councillor Moya Johnson agreed, adding The report also recommends the relothat the Town plans to intensify the inner cation of the Georgetown Seniors Centre core of the Georgetown with medium and to the Gellert Centre once that facility's high-density housing. second phase is built. The current centre The report also recommends that each is located in a leased building at 318 Guelcentre's space expansion include room for ph St. and since it opened 15 years ago there has been three expansions from the satellite offices of health care providers to original 4,000 sq. ft. to the current 7,300 cater to seniors' wellness needs. Transitional plans for the current censq. ft. Membership has grown from 450 to 832 and while the centre's space no longer tres were laid out-- with the focus on 65+ meets the needs of the current members, seniors, but with increased activities, staffthe Town signed another five-year lease ing and suggestions to attract additional members. for the premises. If the Georgetown Seniors Centre To read the seniors centre report go to shares the space with Gellert, it would re- http://www.haltonhills.ca/calendars/2010/ quire 12,000 sq. ft. of dedicated space to R-2010-0001.pdf. 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