Community Centre Project Update: February 12, 2025

The Community Centre is another exciting step closer to opening its doors, thanks to the delivery of beautiful new, Canadian made, furniture for our Community Living Room. This addition will provide a warm, inviting space for Bowen Islanders to gather, relax, and engage in community activities.

A blue sofa sits beside a high top bar table with two bright green leather seated bar stools
Furniture for the Community Living Room at the Bowen Island Community Centre has arrived.

The furniture was chosen to reflect the needs expressed by community members, emphasizing accessibility and flexibility. With moveable and adaptable items, the space can easily be configured for different activities while ensuring safety and comfort for seniors, children, and community members with visual, auditory, or mobility challenges.

A big thank you to the Bowen Island Community Foundation for their support, which helped fund the furniture. Their generous contribution plays a vital role in creating a space that will serve as a hub for connection and creativity for all. 

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Community Centre interior

The project at a glance

  • About 12,690 sq. ft. multi-use community spaces about 75% of the total space
  • About 4,220 sq. ft. municipal offices about 25% of the total space
  • Project cost: $18.7 million
  • Project savings realized by co-location: $2 million
  • Community fundraising goal: $3.29 million
  • Community fundraising to date: $1.29 million
  • Amenities: indoor and outdoor recreation/fitness, children’s care and programming, performing arts and creative space, spaces for meetings, classes, social functions and more!
  • Project completion: early 2025.
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Project Updates

February 12, 2025: Community Centre News

February 5, 2025: Community Centre News

January 27, 2025: Community Centre News

January 15, 2025: Community Centre News

September 16, 2024: Community Centre News

March 22, 2024: Municipality addresses delay in Community Centre construction

March 2024: Community Centre News

January 2024: Community Centre News

December 2023: Community Centre News

November 2023: Community Centre News

October 2023: Dreams coming true

June 2023: Community Centre Firsts: First performance. First Play.

March 2023: Significant structural progress.

February 2023: Vertical progress

January 2023: Walls going up

August 2022: We have walls!

June 2022: Forming the foundations of our community

February 2022: Celebrate community at a land blessing for the Community Centre

December 17, 2021: It’s happening!

December 1, 2021: BIM moving forward with construction of the Community Centre; Project budget updated to $18.7 m

September 1, 2021: BIM receives promising results of Community centre construction bidding

June 30, 2021: Community Centre project reaches another milestone

April 30, 2021: Council approves expansion to Community Centre building site

January 26, 2021: Community Centre project prepares to move forward to competitive tendering

September 24, 2020: What’s next in the Community Centre project?

September 15, 2020: Bowen Island voters in favour of borrowing funds to build Community Centre

September 12, 2020: Preliminary results of the referendum

September 1, 2020: Where, when and how you can vote in the Community Centre referendum

August 25, 2020: Community Centre Re-Imagined! Open house on August 26

August 20, 2020: Watch the recording of our virtual open house!

August 13, 2020: What it will cost to operate the Community Centre

August 7, 2020: We have come so far with this Community Centre. It’s time to make it happen.

July 31, 2020: Save the date! Join us online and outdoors at our upcoming open house events

July 23, 2020: How the Community Centre will benefit Bowen Island

July 15, 2020: Community Centre referendum set for September 12, 2020

July 3, 2020: Bowen Island receives $7.9M in government funding for the Community Centre Project

April 9, 2020: Climate Assessments have now been completed on the Community Centre project

December 5, 2019: Bowen Island Community Centre: Active Life

June 3, 2019: Bowen Island Community Centre: Active Life

May 3, 2019: Bowen Island Community Centre: Latest News

March 25, 2019: Community Centre Open House – April 1st

March 15, 2019: Community Centre: Your Questions Answered

March 1, 2019: Key things you should know about the Bowen Island Community Centre

January 25, 2019: We’ve raised over $1 million towards our new Community Centre

December 4, 2018: Building permit marks another milestone on the path to our Community Centre

November 30, 2018: 5 Awesome things you can do at the Community Centre

November 2, 2018: Community Centre: Your Voice Matters

October 26, 2018: Community Centre: Benefits for All

October 12, 2018: Here’s the latest buzz about the Community Centre

September 19, 2018: Community Support will help secure funding to build the Bowen Island Community Centre

September 11, 2018: EXTENDED We’re hiring: temporary fundraising assistant

August 29, 2018: Community Centre project launches capital fundraising campaign at Bowfest

August 16, 2018: See you at Bowfest!

May 15, 2018 Community Centre project moves forward with Council approval

December 2, 2017: Thanks for coming to the Community Centre Open House. Stay tuned for more!

November 2, 2017: Be a part of the Community Centre buzz in phase two

August 29, 2017: Community Centre creates a buzz at Bowfest!

August 10, 2017: See you at Bowfest!

July 24, 2017: Design team presents schematic design report to Committee of the Whole

February 27, 2017: Municipality selects architectural team to design Community Centre

January 26, 2017: Municipality takes action on Community Centre

Community Centre Select Steering Committee Meetings

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Community Centre Joint Management Committee Meetings

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