FAQs

• Total project budget of $65 million.
• Up to $37 million in municipal funding, with funds provided by debt already secured.
• If funding from Cultural Hub partners and/or external funding sources is less than anticipated, Council approved the provision of additional municipal funds up to the approved budget amount, using funds from the previously secured debt for this project, to an upset limit of $64.5 million.

• Enhances the number of services for residents in one location.
• Makes use of existing municipal assets.
• Realizes operating cost avoidance by not building a new facility.
• Realizes capital cost reduction compared to building a new facility.
• Transforms City Hall for further downtown revitalization by establishing an accessible, inviting, contemporary, people-oriented space for connecting residents to each other as well as to art, information and technology.
• Contributes to municipal economic development and tourism goals.

Teeple Architects was selected as the consultant for the design of the project, in a collaborative partnership with Two Row Architect and Yallowega Architecture, through a competitive RFP process.

The Cultural Hub project received over $25 million in funding from the federal government through the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program (GICB) and the Northern Ontario Development Program (NODP)