\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFree Press file photo by Mikaela Mackenzie<\/p>\n
Thrive Community Support Circle’s original Spence Street location (pictured) was demolished, leaving the non-profit to operate out of Knox United Church. On Jan. 28, the City Centre community committee moved forward with plans to have a new, two storey location built in its place.<\/p><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n
“Thrive is a really great community asset, they do so much great work in the community,” said Coun. Cindy Gilroy (Daniel McIntyre), in support of the amendment agreement. “Everyone’s really excited … they did come to me with this proposal first so I could have the opportunity to see what was going on and really understand the project and their needs, so lots of great work. They did do a lot of extensive community outreach on this, which I really appreciated.”<\/p>\n
The committee also approved a rezoning and variance for a proposed mixed-use development — residential, as well as a hotel — to be located at 701 Ellice Ave., between Victor and Toronto streets.<\/p>\n
The building would be six storeys tall. If completed, it will contain two rental spaces for businesses on the first floor; 36 hotel rooms between the second, third and fourth floors; and 14 residential units on the fifth and sixth floors.<\/p>\n
“I really do think we need development along there. We’re starting to see a lot of vacant properties, I’m very concerned about that. We do need to bring some new energy into this community,” Gilroy said, adding that although she would have liked to see it be a strictly residential project, she believes it’s an “interesting concept,” especially due to the central location and proximity to the University of Winnipeg.<\/p>\n
“I’ve had issues with Airbnbs in the area, and so I will be kind of monitoring this and working with my community stakeholders and neighbours to really ensure that this project is what the community needs once it’s done,” she said. “But I do think that, at the end of the day, we need some development, and overall this is a good project and we should be moving forward with it.”<\/p>\n
Finally, the committee approved a per capita grant of $1,425 for the Keystone Rainbow Curling League to help with hosting the Bison Cup, an annual bonspiel to be held from Feb. 13 to 16.<\/p>
The City Centre community committee held a regular meeting on Jan. 28. The committee approved a zoning amendment agreement for a site at 555 Spence St., currently vacant, to make […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":600049937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"education-subject":[],"media-literacy-topic":[],"post_topic":[],"content_type":[24],"class_list":["post-600049936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-west"],"acf":{"short_title":"","seo_title":"","deck":"","story_tag":"","byline":"Emma Honeybun STAFF REPORTER","updates":null},"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/west\/2025\/02\/05\/city-centre-c-c-moves-new-thrive-location-forward","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"City Centre C.C. moves new Thrive location forward","url":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/west\/2025\/02\/05\/city-centre-c-c-moves-new-thrive-location-forward","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/west\/2025\/02\/05\/city-centre-c-c-moves-new-thrive-location-forward"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/2972851_web1_221109-Thrive-Resource-Centre-0009.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.winnipegfreepress.com\/our-communities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/2972851_web1_221109-Thrive-Resource-Centre-0009.jpg"},"articleSection":"Free Press Community Review: West","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"laurieb"}],"creator":["laurieb"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Our Communities","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-02-05T08:01:16Z","datePublished":"2025-02-05T08:01:16Z","dateModified":"2025-02-05T08:01:16Z"},"rendered":"