Councillor pitches city hall spot for women’s centre
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A city councillor wants to transform a vacant restaurant space at city hall into a women’s resource centre.
Coun. Kevin Klein (Charleswood-Tuxedo-Westwood) said the former Grace Café, which is in the Susan A. Thompson Building, where city administrators work, would be ideal.
Klein said a group interested in using the site, which doesn’t yet have a formal name, hopes to help women who’ve left situations of sexual exploitation, sex trafficking and forced prostitution, by connecting them with employment supports and counselling.
Klein said the location could possibly rotate between various non-profit groups over the next few years to help each establish their operations.
The city had issued a request for restaurant proposals to use the space but didn’t receive any bidders, said city spokesman Kalen Qually.
Qually said Klein’s idea hasn’t been evaluated yet. He noted the public service is responsible for marketing city properties, unless council directs otherwise.
On Friday, the Assiniboia community committee approved Klein’s motion to direct the public service to explore options for a lease to support that change, which will next be considered by council’s property and development committee.