Pegasus Post: July 08, 2021

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Best uses for hall being explored
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LiVS partners with landowners
and the community to activate
vacant property across the
city, developing short-term uses
for the space while a permanent
solution was sought.
If projects like the creative
community hub were successful
over a period of time, they could
be made permanent.
ChristchurchNZ urban
development general
manager Cath Carter said
the organisation will have a
supporting role in the next two
years and will co-ordinate the
initial set-up.
This includes helping to secure
funding for any hall upgrades,
outlining a financial model for
the project to be self-sufficient,
and determining the ownership,
governance and operation
structure.
The trial will also determine if
the hall needs upgrading and the
best uses for it.
“The intention is to make the
hall a permanent creative hub,”
said Shiels.
The hall can host between 500
to 600 people and sits on the old
Central New Brighton School
site on Seaview Rd. The land was
purchased off the Ministry of
Education in 2018.
Since the school closed in 2015
as a result of the Canterbury
earthquakes, the hall’s future has
been in limbo.
The site itself, however, was
recently purchased by property
developer DGM Group, which
plans to start building 65 new
homes there in spring.
Shiels said if the circus trust
and residents did not advocate
for the hall to stay in the community,
it would have been
purchased by the developer,
slimming the chances of a hub
coming to fruition.
“The hall was originally
founded and supported by
the community, so it was
really important that it was
saved and given back to [them],”
she said.
The hub could be up and running
in five weeks’ time if all
PILOT: If a
two-year
trial to
transform
Roy Stokes
Hall into
a creative
community
hub goes
well, it will
become a
permanent
fixture.
goes to plan.
So far, “a real mix” of local
arts groups and social needs
organisations have reached out
to the trust.
Said Shiels: “We’re reviewing
the expressions of interest in the
next two weeks, then we’ll be
reaching out to them, putting
some things into action and
playing around with dynamics
of the hall.”
In Brief
REFUGE ISLAND WORK
Work to improve pedestrian
access to Te Pou Toetoe: Linwood
Pool when it opens this year will
start next Monday. This includes
installing a new pedestrian cut
down and widening the existing
median island on Linwood Ave.
This may impact journey times
when travelling through the
area. The work is expected to be
completed in two weeks.
GRANTS APPROVED
The Costal-Burwood Community
Board has approved grants from
its 2021-2021 Discretionary
Response Fund for two
community groups at its latest
meeting. The first grant of $1410
will go to Shirley Boys’ High
School to purchase canoe polo
equipment. The second grant of
$1800 was awarded to the Shirley
Toy Library towards wages for the
co-ordinator.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Delta Community Support
Trust is looking for volunteers
to help run pre-school play
gym sessions from July 29 every
Thursday between 9am to noon.
Volunteers will also need to
have experience working with
pre-school-aged children. Phone
Shauna at 389 0219 for more
information.
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