Yeah.
But it feels strange. We spent years fighting to keep Kelvin Community Centre open, and then the community spent a few more years after that trying to keep the land from being sold.
It was long and hard, and it always seemed like it was just a matter of time before the land was sold and the chance for a new Kelvin was dead.
Things look better now. Hopefully this will work out.
The fight to save Kelvin taught me and gave me a chance to try and help out my community, but it wore me out.
But I’m happy.
It’s good.
If the people of Elmwood hadn’t fought in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, we wouldn’t have this today.
Congratulations, Elmwood. You deserve it.
It is wonderful news! We are really glad that this piece of land will soon be re-developed. While I didn’t live here when Kelvin was open, my husband did, and he said the negative effects of its closure were felt immediately in the area. Very excited for more green space in our neighbourhood, and of course, the opportunities it will provide to Elmwood residents.
One thing that’s completely confusing though: they keep calling it the Bronx Park Community Centre, sometimes specifying a satellite or the “Kelvin site” (see http://winnipeg.ca/cao/media/news/nr_2012/nr_20121025.stm#3) — and this is really strange. Any insight into why it won’t simply be called the Kelvin Community Centre or some variation of that?
They won’t call it Kelvin Community Centre because it’s administered by Bronx Park and is now part of the Bronx Park Community Centre. It’s hard to come up with an idea for how they can name it that will make everyone happy.