Interval Home Society to buy property in the old Martin Browne neighbourhood
SHARE ON: Site of former Martin Browne School at 4812 - 56 ave. [Photo: Google Maps]
City Council on Monday gave approval for the Lloydminster Interval Home Society to purchase land near the former Martin Browne School.
The deal calls for a $600,000 purchase of 1.03 acres of land just northeast of 4812 – 56 Avenue [site of the former school].
Council also approved that half of the sale revenue will go towards the Martin Browne Redevelopment Plan.
Mayor Gerald Aalbers addressed concerns around the need to preserve the park in that area.
“We heard very clearly from our discussions about the Martin Browne Redevelopment Area, that people wanted to keep a very big part of the park there, and we see this as being able to do that from the perspective that it enhances the community. The Interval Home plays a unique piece of our community. So they’re taking up a piece of ground that would have been oc
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Lloydminster Youth Centre gets a provincial cash injection
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“I missed the food, I missed the staff. All the people I got to hang out with.”
Donovan Souanky has been coming to the Lloydminster Community Youth Centre for about two years. The Holy Rosary High School student is there right after school and enjoys the environment.
“The staff are always nice. The gaming consoles are always fun to play on. The food here is amazing and every so often you get to go on trips and those are always fun.”
The Centre caters to area high school kids. Staff have had to adapt their work to keep pace with COVID protocols.
Local student hitting the auction block in support of Interval Home
SHARE ON: Grade 12 Hannah Bedwell is raising money to buy blankets for the Interval Home. [Pixabay]
A Holy Rosary student is stepping up to build an auction in support of the Lloydminster Interval Home Society.
Grade 12 Hannah Bedwell is raising money so that she can buy blankets for the women’s shelter, with the goal of buying one for everyone currently using their programs. She’s doing this through “The Twelve Auctions of Christmas” where she will be auctioning off a different item every day, and all of that funding going to buy the blankets.