City of Winkler | 11 senior activity center will be located on the bottom floor of the development. The Buhler Center is anticipated to become a model for communities throughout Canada, but also something that will help spur growth in other economic sectors involving senior services and healthcare. A Winnipeg builder known as Boretta Construction has begun work at the site and is expected to be completed within 18 months. Winkler has thought about the needs of the younger generation too says Botha in reference to a newly opened skate park. Located at the intersection of 15th Street and Grandeur Avenue, The Pine Ridge Skate Plaza reflects a $625,000 investment in support of parks and youth programs. Designed by Vancouver-based New Line Skate Parks, the Pine Ridge Skate Plaza is complemented with engineering innovations in its structural design with the requisite inclines and a bowl-like feature that make it particularly “sick” (which means “cool” or “rad” in skater slang). Young people turned out in droves during the recent opening and by all accounts were fully “stoked” (which translated to “excited” or “really hapy”). MORE TO COME There are yet still other projects underway in
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