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GANANOQUE — Gananoque is on the short list to receive the Canada 150 skating rink once it is dismantled on Parliament Hill later this month, according to the town’s recreation director Terry Gilmer.
The federal government doesn’t want to store the rink once it is taken down so it has been shopping it around to local municipalities, Gilmer said.
Gananoque, about 170 kilometres south of Ottawa on the St. Lawrence River, is one of the towns interested in the rink, although there is no guarantee it will be successful, he said.
Gilmer said the Canada 150 rink package would include the boards, safety glass and netting.
Town council authorized Gilmer to continue talks with the federal government, and with the Ottawa Senators Foundation, which is interested in bringing an outdoor rink to Gananoque.
The Sens foundation and the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club have committed to build 20 Sens Rinks in Eastern Ontario as part of the club’s community outreach. So far, the organizations have bankrolled 14 rinks, including one in Smiths Falls.
Gilmer said the club wants the rinks to be year-round facilities. In the summer, the space could be used for such sports as pickleball, ball hockey, basketball, lacrosse and shuffleboard, he said.
He said the Senators see the space as becoming a community hub for recreation.
The Sens groups would raise $250,000 to $300,000 for the capital costs of the facilities by fundraising and seeking in-kind donations of construction material.
The outdoor natural ice rink would feature permanent prefabricated Dasher boards with fences around the rink on an asphalt base with painted hockey and other sport lines for summer play.
Gilmer said the foundation would also help with programming to ensure the space is used 12 months of the year.
In return, Gilmer said the town would have to commit to supplying the land, overhead lighting, a change room for skaters, the annual maintenance and ensure the rink is used year-round.
Gilmer said the town has space for the rink behind the Lou Jeffries Recreation Centre and some of the ball diamond lights could be used for the rink.
He estimated it would cost about $3,000 a year to maintain it.
Gilmer noted the town recently agreed to do a joint recreation master plan with the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. But the town had to act fast to express an interest in the Canada 150 rink and to negotiate with the foundation, so it couldn’t wait to incorporate the outdoor rink into the master plan study, which begins next month, he said.
Gilmer said the town later might consider placing refrigeration pipes under the asphalt surface to give it the option of adding artificial ice later. With climate change, the season for natural ice is growing shorter, he said.
Adding artificial ice and a roof on the outdoor rink would cost about $2 million, he estimated.
Council didn’t commit to the rink but authorized Gilmer to continue his talks with the Sens groups and the government.
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The federal government doesn’t want to store the rink once it is taken down so it has been shopping it around to local municipalities, Gilmer said.
Gananoque, about 170 kilometres south of Ottawa on the St. Lawrence River, is one of the towns interested in the rink, although there is no guarantee it will be successful, he said.
Gilmer said the Canada 150 rink package would include the boards, safety glass and netting.
Town council authorized Gilmer to continue talks with the federal government, and with the Ottawa Senators Foundation, which is interested in bringing an outdoor rink to Gananoque.
The Sens foundation and the Ottawa Senators Hockey Club have committed to build 20 Sens Rinks in Eastern Ontario as part of the club’s community outreach. So far, the organizations have bankrolled 14 rinks, including one in Smiths Falls.
Gilmer said the club wants the rinks to be year-round facilities. In the summer, the space could be used for such sports as pickleball, ball hockey, basketball, lacrosse and shuffleboard, he said.
He said the Senators see the space as becoming a community hub for recreation.
The Sens groups would raise $250,000 to $300,000 for the capital costs of the facilities by fundraising and seeking in-kind donations of construction material.
The outdoor natural ice rink would feature permanent prefabricated Dasher boards with fences around the rink on an asphalt base with painted hockey and other sport lines for summer play.
Gilmer said the foundation would also help with programming to ensure the space is used 12 months of the year.
In return, Gilmer said the town would have to commit to supplying the land, overhead lighting, a change room for skaters, the annual maintenance and ensure the rink is used year-round.
Gilmer said the town has space for the rink behind the Lou Jeffries Recreation Centre and some of the ball diamond lights could be used for the rink.
He estimated it would cost about $3,000 a year to maintain it.
Gilmer noted the town recently agreed to do a joint recreation master plan with the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands. But the town had to act fast to express an interest in the Canada 150 rink and to negotiate with the foundation, so it couldn’t wait to incorporate the outdoor rink into the master plan study, which begins next month, he said.
Gilmer said the town later might consider placing refrigeration pipes under the asphalt surface to give it the option of adding artificial ice later. With climate change, the season for natural ice is growing shorter, he said.
Adding artificial ice and a roof on the outdoor rink would cost about $2 million, he estimated.
Council didn’t commit to the rink but authorized Gilmer to continue his talks with the Sens groups and the government.
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