Aug/Sep 2013
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Winkler. At the northern end of the city, a
new high school is anticipated to open this
September. Known as Northlands Parkway
Collegiate, the $32.1 million development
comprises more than 112,000 square feet of
new construction designed by Prairie Archi-
tects and built by Penn-Co Construction.
The school will provide arts and academic
programming for 800 to 1000 students.
Through a partnership with the Garden Val-
ley School Division, Winkler has been pav-
ing roads leading to the school and plans
additionally call for the developing an en-
hanced pathway network through the com-
munity, which includes sidewalks connect-
ing the new high school to Garden Valley
Collegiate, as part of more than $300,000
the city is investing in pathways.
The building of a new police station is
expected to be completed by the end of this
October. This project (deploying design ser-
vices by Funk Architects of Winnipeg and
general contractor services from Morden-
based Cornerstone Construction) will result
in a new station that will be more than three
times the size of the former station that was
part of the Civic Hall. Botha says the refur-
bishing and expansion will add offices, cells,
a lunch room and gym, interview rooms and
enhanced lobby area. “This expansion really
enhances the existing Civic Hall building
and gives the Police Service a unique iden-
tity,” says Botha.
Canada’s Community Infrastructure Im-
provement Fund has also provided some
$65,000 in support of Winkler’s P.W. Enns
Centennial Concert Hall. The funds will
cover costs in renovations and upgrades to
the audio, heating and cooling systems, a
project that Botha refers to as “maintenance”
more than a major infrastructure project.
Yet, when completed, the improvements will
reportedly provide make for a more mean-
ingful performing arts experience, as the
concert hall traditionally stages more than
40 annual programs enjoyed to audiences
totally more than 25,000 people each year.
As Botha observes, something is, indeed,
happening in Winkler. For all that happen-
ing, it is benefitting residents of all ages by
creating new job opportunities, new rec-
reational opportunities, new educational
opportunities complemented by new and
improved services and resources to support
future growth inWinkler, a city that is seem-
ingly changing with the wink of an eye.
