Ahuntsic-Cartierville bocce club hopes to keep its courts and club alive
Global News
Bocce club members in Ahuntsic-Cartierville have until July to come up with their own financial plan in order to stay in their existing building.
Montreal’s opposition party says it will do whatever it can to support a club in Ahuntsic-Cartierville fighting to keep its bocce courts.
The city says it will stop paying the rent on the building in July 2023, but politicians and Italian community organizations want the borough to reconsider the decision.
The bocce club has been fighting to stay alive since last August, when it received a letter from Ahuntsic-Cartierville Mayor Émilie Thuillier stating the borough would no longer pay the $211,000 annual rent after Dec. 31, according to club spokesperson Cecilia Fazioli
“She had issues and problems with the landlord since 2018, but we never knew anything about it,” said Fazioli.
The borough agreed to extend the lease until July 2023 to allow time for the club to come up with its own money.
“We are going to do everything in our power to save it but we’re not talking about 18-year-olds where you can have events,” said Fazioli. “You know, we are 75-plus. We want peace.”
The borough has already offered to give the club members space in a community centre and in a nearby church basement but there would be no room for bocce.
Club members and several Ensemble Montreal councillors said the offer is unacceptable.
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