Construction of Kinsmen Park's new shack underway

BY JOAN JANZEN
joanjanzen@yahoo.com

The foundation for the new shack at Kinsmen Park, located at 506 - 5th Street Crescent, was being prepared on Wednesday, July 15. Contractors chosen for the construction are Heartgold Homes Inc. out of Regina. The Friends of Kinsmen Park group raised funds for the building project.

Tammy Anderson, president of Friends of Kinsmen Park, said, “Heartgold’s tender outshone in regards to what they could build for us within our budget.”

Once completed, the new building will replace the older one, which had been demolished in May of 2020. This new structure will be user-friendly and equipped with wheelchair accessible washrooms, an area where children can put on their skates and a concession area.

“One of the things we added was a canteen area. If a user group wants to use the canteen for a summer program, birthday party or family reunion, the canteen will be available to rent. It’s a building that can be used by almost anyone. That’s huge!” Tammy said.

The Friends of Kinsmen Park group is 100 percent volunteer and has been fortunate to be the recipients of some generous grants, such as the Co-op Community Spaces Grant, in the amount of $100,000 received in June of 2019 was instrumental in helping the project to move forward.

The Friends of Kinsmen Park group consists of Tammy Anderson as president, Elyse Moss as vice-president, Steve Sawchuk as treasurer, and Gwendolyn Hrycak secretary.

“Once the shack is completed, our group is going to dissolve. Any money leftover from the build will be put into a Kinsmen Park Reserve with the Town of Kindersley,” Tammy said.

The new shack should be completed by this fall and will be operating this winter. It will be a welcome addition to Kinsmen Park.