Lion's Head Community Centre and Arena Renovations

Community Consultation Outcomes - April, 2022

Based on the outcomes from community consultations, the most current design considerations include:

Bringing dressing rooms up to ice level on West wall, for accessibility purposes
Creating larger dressing rooms to accommodate larger teams
Ensuring accessibility throughout the building
Relocating ice resurfacer room and adding storage
Incorporating Lion’s Head Library into Community Centre
Creating a community use space for athletics, meetings, community functions
Integrating Friendship Club to North end of Arena, with their own independent facility
Outdoor Walking Track

Further considerations are included and outlined here.

Project History to Date

2012 Plans are drawn up in preparation for the FedDev Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund application for the Lion’s Head and District Community Centre and Arena.
At the time the application was submitted, August 21, 2012, the drawings (seen below) were chosen by Council. This grant submission was unfortunately unsuccessful.
On June 9, 2015, the same proposal was brought forward for the Canada 150 Community Infrastructure Program. This grant submission was unfortunately unsuccessful.
In a resolution passed on September 23, 2019, Council decided to move forward with this same design in a new grant application for the Community, Culture and Recreation Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.
With this final application almost 10 years, in 2020 the Municipality was successful in securing funding for Arena renovations.
The Municipality committed to working with the Arena users, community organizations, and the public, to ensure the final plans for the arena reflect the needs of the community moving forward.
Public engagement meetings specific to the project were held during the first two weeks of January 2022. These included focus groups and 1:1 interviews with Arena and Community Centre users.
A public survey was available on the Municipality website for a two-week period in February 2022
The Consultants, MGA, met with Municipal staff to receive their feedback in early March 2022.

Next Steps

The RFP process is underway for hiring an architect to create final floorplan layouts and arena design
Using the engagement outcomes report and ongoing feedback from Council, staff and the public, the architect will prepare 3+ concept drawings for community review and further comment
Final floorplans and arena designs will be used to obtain cost estimates and in hiring the contractor for final construction

Arena Renovations Concept Drawing (2022)