Battleford to consult on vacant town hall space
The Town of Battleford will be starting a public consultation process that will look into some possible future uses for the vacant space in the historic town hall building.
A committee had previously been formed that supported the idea of creating an opera house and had fundraised for the project. In time for the 100th anniversary of the town hall, former mayor Chris Odishaw started the campaign to restore the space that once was once was used as an opera house up until 1965.
The two-storey town hall/opera house building, which was first built in 1912, is designated a municipal heritage property.
In recent years, the town has been using less than 40 per cent of the floor space in the town hall building, so it needs to find some new uses.