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ARMENIAN CENTRE ANXIOUS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
By Don Fraser, Standard Staff
St. Catharines Standard
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2610795
June 7 2010
Canada
A $1.375-million upgrade of the Armenian Cultural Centre in St.
Catharines is sorely needed.
Especially if the centre hopes to continue to attract a younger
generation, says Gary Kavazanjian, the centre's project co-ordinator.
"Our committee here has been working very hard to put this design
together," he said in an interview at a ground-breaking ceremony
Sunday.
"We realize even though we have a nice building, there was no room
for the youth, So our goal is to create an environment and place where
young people will come to be safe and able to play indoors," he said.
"Hopefully, they will be the leaders of the future."
The centre, at 156 Martindale Rd., has enduring connections to the
Armenian community.
A local Armenian club was started in 1906. By 1934, the community
centre, known as the Tashnag Club, moved to a building at Ontario
and Carlton streets.
In the late 1980s, that site was sold.
After a couple of moves, the Armenian Community Centre opened at its
current site in 1991.
The latest improvements will provide a new gym, play area and other
major upgrades. It will also allow for the expansion of recreational
and cultural activities at the centre.
The St. Catharines centre is receiving $458,333 each from the federal
and provincial governments, and is paying for the balance of the
project costs.
From: A. Papazian
By Don Fraser, Standard Staff
St. Catharines Standard
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2610795
June 7 2010
Canada
A $1.375-million upgrade of the Armenian Cultural Centre in St.
Catharines is sorely needed.
Especially if the centre hopes to continue to attract a younger
generation, says Gary Kavazanjian, the centre's project co-ordinator.
"Our committee here has been working very hard to put this design
together," he said in an interview at a ground-breaking ceremony
Sunday.
"We realize even though we have a nice building, there was no room
for the youth, So our goal is to create an environment and place where
young people will come to be safe and able to play indoors," he said.
"Hopefully, they will be the leaders of the future."
The centre, at 156 Martindale Rd., has enduring connections to the
Armenian community.
A local Armenian club was started in 1906. By 1934, the community
centre, known as the Tashnag Club, moved to a building at Ontario
and Carlton streets.
In the late 1980s, that site was sold.
After a couple of moves, the Armenian Community Centre opened at its
current site in 1991.
The latest improvements will provide a new gym, play area and other
major upgrades. It will also allow for the expansion of recreational
and cultural activities at the centre.
The St. Catharines centre is receiving $458,333 each from the federal
and provincial governments, and is paying for the balance of the
project costs.
From: A. Papazian