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But there's a common problem -
while we are building more, we're not making best use of what we have.
Some people feel PFR
is underfunded
The $3-$4 million spent to run outdoor rinks every season can help rinks be wonderful social spaces in the wintertime
it's important to go forward
rather than backwards:
ramsden
Jimmie Simpson
Outdoor rinks cost between $3 to $4 million, that money can be spent better - inexpensinve change can be made
trinity
north york
ryerson to move
otter creek
Scarborough
irving chapeley
broadlands
wedgewood
JJP
glenlong
giovani cabboto
jjp
scarborough
glenlong
Etobicoke has 9 tennis court rinks - unsupervised and have change room that remain locked alwayss
Trinity rink house has very limited hours. Three weekdays it doesn't open until 3; the other two weekdays it opens at noon
regent south?
The social life of outdoor rinks
Toronto has more outdoor rinks
than anywhere else in the world
There are 53 city-run
artificial ice rinks
In the past three years, the City has spent millions building new rinks or doing major renovations or additions.
Sherbourne Common
rink cost: unknown
project cost $28.7 million
Greenwood $3.5 million
Colonel Sam Smith
rink cost: $1.95 million
building: $800,000
Cedarvale $1.3 million
many rink changeroom buildings are kept locked
college park
Lambton-Kingsway
Summerlea
Royalcrest
ryerson
Bunker-style changerooms
Monarch
Kew
Withrow
Jimmy Simpson
Trinity MLSE reno - locker room but no social space
windows added
Christie has a large changeroom with huge windows --
a great view of the whole park, including the rink but...
only one bench for people to sit
locked snack bar
Even so, a lot is spent for capital projects...
... and the operating budget keeps going up
Improvements don't have to cost much: Dufferin Rinkhouse
Remove some
Interior walls
Fewer walls
Skate loans
Puck protection
eye level windows
Office becomes cafe
Wood stove donated
Community kitchen beside Zamboni
Cost of Dufferin Rink improvements: $59,000
Skate loan and food revenue: $55,000 per season
Trinity Rink MLSE reno
windows added
Cost of improvements: $149,000
(incl. rink boards)
Applying the same principles elsewhere,
ask rink friends what they want
Wallace-Emerson
Windows added
Old bunker
Add kitchen
add skates
1998-2008 - Christie Pits
Community kitchen
1998 wood stove donated
Kids' programs
Rink-side campfires
2013: rink house often locked
locked snack bar
only one bench for people to sit
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Sherbourne Common
Queensway