March 2015
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Day) and leisure activities. The renovation
and upgrades will see drainage concerns ad-
dressed, improved accessibility for the play-
ground, and an amphitheatre for concerts
and special events, as well as a new artificial
outdoor ice rink.
"We've just selected a contract for 2.1 mil-
lion to renovate the drainage and also build
an outdoor, artificial ice surface, and renew
the small rink house that is on the common,"
Bishop explains. "This will add greatly to the
recreation opportunities in town."
When the planning stages began in 2013,
the town of Rothesay ensured that any con-
sultant tendering a proposal for the project
would also have a plan in place for public in-
put. Community involvement was a key as-
pect in deciding what to do with the space,
andThe Common was high on residents 'to-
do' lists.
"We have a town recreation commission,"
Bishop says. "They went out and spoke to
people and had surveys, and The Common
was one of the areas that people wanted ren-
