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Here’s the latest buzz about the Community Centre We’ve received so many positive comments about the Community Centre, from comment sheets at outreach events and open houses to letters of support. We appreciate your feedback. Like people everywhere, Bowen Islanders…

Community support will help secure funding to build the Bowen Island Community Centre The Community Centre Select Steering Committee was excited to learn of an announcement made at the Union of BC Municipalities convention on September 12, 2018. Selina Robinson,…

EXTENDED We’re hiring: temporary fundraising assistant Bowen Island Municipality seeks a full-time temporary Community Centre Fundraising Assistant for employment for the period from October 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019. The Community Centre Fundraising Assistant works alongside Bowen Island Municipality…

Community Centre project launches capital fundraising campaign at Bowfest Bowen Island Municipality had an information booth at Bowfest on Saturday, August 25, aiming to inform the community about the proposed Bowen Island Community Centre, a 16,000 square foot civic facility…

See you at Bowfest! The Bowen Island Community Centre project team will have a booth at Bowfest on Saturday, August 25th, 2018. Please stop by to see the current design, ask questions and give us your feedback, or give a…

Community Centre project moves forward with Council approval Bowen Island Municipality (BIM) took another step closer towards achieving the dream of a community centre for island residents. On May 14, BIM Council passed a unanimous motion to proceed through to…

Thanks for coming to the Community Open House. Stay tuned for more! We’d like to thank everyone who came out to our first Community Open House on November 30th. We loved to hear your exciting ideas about how you will…

Be a part of the Community Centre buzz in phase two We’re moving forward After an exciting public launch at Bowfest, Council unanimously supported proceeding to the next phase of the Community Centre project at its September 11th meeting. Phase…

Community Centre creates a buzz at Bowfest! The Community Centre project team would like to thank the hundreds of visitors who stopped by our booth at Bowfest last weekend. It was certainly a busy day, and the booth was positively…

See you at Bowfest! The Bowen Island Community Centre project team will have a booth at Bowfest on Saturday, August 26, 2017. Please visit us to see the current design, ask questions and provide your comments.

Design team presents schematic design report to Committee of the Whole At the Committee of the Whole meeting on July 24, 2017, the Design Team presented the Bowen Island Community Centre Project Schematic Design and received comments from members of…