Shovels aren’t going into the ground any time soon, but the Downtown Timmins BIA has big aspirations to modernize its area, and make it pedestrian-centric.
The big one that it’s asking city council to strike a committee to study is a civic square where the parking lot is now on Cedar Street, across from the old Victory Theatre.
Executive director Cindy Campbell told council this week that it would feature a replica McIntyre headframe. It would have lighting and a water feature, and serve as a stage.
“It could be used for evening entertainment,” she explained. “It could be used as a splash pad. It could be used for anything. You can also across the middle part of the headframe, you can also put a weather curtain, so it becomes a weather-proof stage.”
The BIA also has its eye on the former Victory Theatre.
“If we look at that space, the Cedar St. parking lot, as a potential civic square,” Campbell told council members, “we’re looking right across the street, having a community arts centre. So you’re really centralizing arts and programming.”
Campbell asked the city to establish a committee involving all of its departments to provide input and help find funding for all of the ideas.
You can hear Campbell’s complete address to council right here:
