Boyle Street announces new service locations ahead of downtown building closure
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Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) has found several new locations to support its programming while the new King Thunderbird Centre is completed.
Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) has found several new locations to support its programming while the new King Thunderbird Centre is completed.
BSCS announced on Sept. 13 that it would close its main building at 101 Street and 105 Avenue at the end of September because its lease with the Oilers Entertainment Group had expired.
Construction on the King Thunderbird Centre at 107A Avenue and 101 Street is not expected to be completed until fall 2024.
On Monday, BSCS announced it had secured these new locations:
"Primarily, the services that operate out of this building, the one that offers supports to 150, 200 a day, or 7,000 a year, are actually just going to one location with our partners at Bissell East," BSCS spokesperson Elliott Tanti told reporters on Monday.
"It's a seamless transition for us working with a community partner that knows our community. And so that will ensure that there's not as much turmoil as tumultuous as there could have been had we divided services up more."
Tanti said the moves wouldn't have been possible without support from community partners and the city.
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