Standard Community Hall in the home stretch

Times Contributor 

 

Receiving a cheque for $125,000 from the Alberta Lotteries Community Facilities Enhancement Program (CFEP), with the promise of another $250,000 to come in April, will hopefully help propel the new Standard Community Hall over the finish line to open this spring.

Dr. Neil Brown, QC, MLA for Calgary-Mackay- Nose Hill, and the Strathmore-Brooks riding’s ‘buddy MLA,’ was on hand to present the cheque to the Standard Community Hall Board and to tour the still under construction facility last Thursday, Feb. 13.

Brown said, “What a wonderful facility, it is nice to come out to communities to help with their projects. You have done a lot of work to make it possible.” 

He jokingly made note of the gentlemen that were working presently in the Hall that he too could identify with as he put himself through school by pipefitting.

Although construction on the new hall began in June 2012, the first steps of fundraising and research for a new facility started back in 2006. Generous support from service clubs, corporations as well as local and provincial government grants have helped to make this project a reality, and the Hall Board hopes they can continue to count on this support as the project moves into the final stages.

Substantially larger than the current hall, with increased capacity for seating, kitchen and storage, the facility is also equipped with a full generator which will allow it to serve as a disaster centre for the Village and area citizens, the K-12 school which includes children from the surrounding area, and the area industries.