Legal Commentary

If Middlesex Centre can build a Rec Centre – why can’t London build a Performing Arts Centre?

By David Canton

The municipality of Middlesex Centre (which borders the west/north sides of London) will start construction in a few months for a new “Community Wellness and Recreation Centre”.  It will feature 2 NHL sized ice pads, a gym, walking track, fitness centre, library, and multipurpose rooms.  It is a $24,000,000 investment, with $16,200,000 of that coming from the Building Canada Fund stimulus program.

So if a rural municipality with about 16,000 residents can do that – why can’t the City of London get its act together and build a much needed Performing Arts Centre?   And why can’t we tap into some of that stimulus money to do it?

Full post as published by eLegal Canton on November 20, 2009 (boomark / email).