Public input sought on Centennial Gardens renaming

  • The City of St. Catharines is seeking feedback from the community on the re-naming of Centennial Gardens and some of its amenities.
  • Councillors asked that Richard Pierpoint Park be included as one of the options for the name.
  • Pierpoint is one of Canada’s most famous black loyalists and spent much of his adult life in St. Catharines.
  • Suggestions on naming park assets, like the pavilion, as well as additional recognition in the park for the Indigenous community is welcomed.
  • For more details and to share your ideas, visit www.engageSTC.ca/centennialrenaming.
  • The deadline to submit ideas is July 13 at 3pm.

Limited City programming resumes as St. Catharines enters Step 2

  • Some city of St. Catharines programs, such as outdoor recreation lessons and modified swimming lessons will be reintroduced as the province moves into Step 2 of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopen.
  • The St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatics Centre will reopen for medical therapy and leadership courses only.
  • Lion Dunc Schooley Pool will reopen June 30 for drop-in leisure swimming and lengths swimming with reservation requirements.
  • Starting July 5, the City will roll out further recreation and aquatics programming, including modified swimming lessons at Lion Dunc Schooley and Port Dalhousie Pool as well as golf, tennis, and skateboarding lessons.
  • For more information visit stcatharines.ca/activeSTC.

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