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A lack of available capital funding from the City of Vancouver has left the Britannia Renewal on hold for the past year or so. The immediate repair needs for Kits Pool and the Vancouver Aquatic Center are planned to come before Renewal at Britannia Centre. City Council has redirected our remaining $17 million of Renewal Capital Plan funding to repairs of our existing pool and rink.
Rezoning is the process of changing how a property can be used or developed. Building upon the Master Plan, the rezoning process will identify the types of uses that can be included on site, and a number of development criteria including building density, heights, shape, and outdoor and green space requirements.
City staff have committed to discussing the way forward through the Rezoning Phase toward Building 1/Phase 1, which is expected to house a new pool, a community gym with gymnastics annex, an expanded fitness centre and multipurpose spaces.
We hope to have a revised Renewal timeline from the City soon.
More details about the Britannia Renewal are available in our Renewal Proposal Package.
Serving as an integrated hub of education, arts, culture, recreation, wellness, and sustainability.
Fostering a sense of stewardship towards the people and setting that are the source of its richness.
Drawing users whose diversity is matched only by the diversity of programs that fill the Centre’s walls.
Giving life to unparalleled opportunities for collaborative programming, and the flexibility to continually meet the evolving needs of the community.
The vision for the Britannia Renewal is to create an inclusive place for learning, social connection and development, reconciliation, cultural exploration and expression, play, and recreation to enhance the life and well-being of all. Our work moving forward is to ensure that our spaces are safe and welcoming to everyone, and to challenge systemic inequality within our community.
The Britannia site was initiated in the 1970s by local activists responding to the needs of their community. As a renewed site, Britannia will remain a place for people to gather and develop collaborative solutions to community issues, just as it has been for more than 40 years.
