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stouffville saturday feb 24 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pagessi including gst stouffville steppers skipping squad taking many leaps of faith opinion 6 recreation 9 sports 12 classified 14 nice day for a swim jaimee hill 13 a grade 8 student at orchard park public school wins the senior girls 50- metre butterfly event during an elementary school swim meet at the lebovic centre pool staff photosjoerd witteveen tuesday students from summitview and glad park schools also took part in the meet that followed a sixweek skills development program for story and additional photo see page 10 not a theatre whitchurchstouffville officials say of 25m proposal say on a its centre proposa i by hannelore volpe staff writer the new centre proposed for 19 civic ave is a multipurpose arts culture and entertainment centre not a theatre town officials stress its fate will likely be determined tuesday a 7 pm meeting of council will consider the next stage of this proj ect the hiring of an architect the towns consultants will present infor mation on the community consulta tion process program development an assessment of the structure anticipated costs and a revised busi ness plan for the project called nineteen on the park the cost of the project is estimat ed at 25 to 3 million dave cash the towns cao said v if council approves hiring an architect a final draft design and detailed project costs would come back to council in may or june that means construction could start as early as september with completion anticipated in the spring of 2008 an arts and culture centre which was to include flexible theatre space got the previous councils approval last juna in august the wheels were set in motion for a project imple mentation committee in october council approved appointing a project manager and a consultant for business planning in december council received the first status report on the project the reports are on the towns website at townofwscom before any transformation of the heritage building can start it requires about 15 million in repairs and renovations of which 750000 was put into the towns budget in 2006 the funds would come from the hydro reserve account the town will retain ownership of die building according to novita the towns consultants the centre would fea ture a theatre area with 120 to 140 seats which can be retracted to open the room for other activities with the seating retracted the room could accommodate 150 to 200 peo ple the second- floor would be developed as a lownoise environ ment there would also be office space catering kitchen reception and box office area and possibly a smaller event room the centre would be suitable for showing movies and hosting events that combine indoor and outdoor activities it could also accommo- see theatre page 8 27 heritage rd markham l948030 w beachcomber hot tou markhamspring homeshow february 23 24 25 2007 markham fairgrounds wwwmarkhamhorheshowcom 9z3 hcndwcne ib landscape ontario r hxticumal trades association titanium exclusive cookwarc town and country kclyjltd 6400888