You’ll have to forgive kids in East Brandon and maybe even an adult or two as well if they’re reaching for the fast-forward button on what’s left of summer and a good portion of fall.
This after the folks with the East End Community Centre shared this afternoon that the Centre’s brand new rink and separate free skate area are both now complete after a summer of work:
The renovations were completed with the help of funding via the Co-op Community Spaces program ($75,000) as well as the Manitoba Building Sustainable Communities program ($75,000).
The skating area updates compliment a series of upgrades that have recently been carried out to the community centre itself, which has been the recipient of new stucco, windows as well as new flooring in its clubhouse. When you take in the big picture of everything that's at adjacent Rideau Park it makes for an all-seasons recreation area that will be a focal point for not just folks in East End but the city as a whole.
A representative of the Community Centre tells me that the intent is to begin flooding the new rink and free skate areas as soon as temperatures stay below freezing, after which time the first skates will be able to hit the ice.