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kingston to begin planning for the future of the memorial centre site

community will need to be part of the planning process for the memorial centre, kingston city councillors say

by elliot ferguson
published apr 02, 2025
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kingston to begin planning for the future of the memorial centre site
kingston city council voted to develop a set of criteria for the future use of the memorial centre property. elliot ferguson / the whig-standard
kingston — three weeks after a proposal for a new soccer stadium at the memorial centre property was scrapped, city council began the process to figure out the site’s future.
city councillors voted for staff to set a list of criteria that is to be used for a later visioning exercise for the land.
“its future has been on people’s minds for a very long time and especially now more than ever,”said williamsville dist. coun. vincent cinanni, the city councillor for the district that includes the memorial centre.
“there’s been a lot of anxiety in the community regarding this property and its future,” cinanni added. “this is to bring assurance to the community about the future rehabilitation of the site.”
since it was first proposed, the soccer stadium proposal faced stiff opposition from community groups and organizations that use the memorial centre grounds.
kingscourt-rideau dist. coun. brandon tozzo said the community needs to be involved in any future plans for the property.
“there is nothing moving ahead with the memorial centre without the community,” tozzo said. “it doesn’t belong to the people around the table. it belongs to the actual community.”
city staff are to report back to council by the end of the summer.
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elliot ferguson

elliot ferguson’s hands were ink-stained as a child from delivering his hometown newspaper and, since studying journalism at carleton university and photojournalism at loyalist college, he has continued to deliver the news. he started with the whig-standard in 2011, and prior to that worked for the woodstock sentinel-review and the simcoe reformer. elliot currently covers municipal affairs and the environment, but his true passion is photojournalism and visual storytelling. along the way he has collected numerous provincial, national and international awards for his photography and writing.

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