Lift Community Services (Lift) has announced that it has secured a new site for two of its programs.
The qathet-based organization has leased space at 101-4871 Joyce Avenue in Crossroads Village for the Family Place Resource Centre (Family Place) and the Community Resource Centre (CRC), with an anticipated March 2025 move-in date, according to a media release from Lift.
“We’re very happy to have secured this space for these two essential community programs,” stated Lift executive director Kim Markel. “The location is central, accessible and just around the corner from our Immigrant Services Welcome Centre, which will help facilitate inter-program support.”
Both Family Place and the CRC are leaving long-term locations at Powell River Town Centre mall and 4752 Joyce Avenue, respectively.
“We are thankful for the long-term in-kind support the mall has offered us over the past 20 years,” stated Markel. “We’re pleased to be moving the Family Place into a new permanent location with purpose-built facilities, including accessible bathrooms and kitchen facilities.”
CRC’s current location, which houses the CRC, emergency shelter and overdose prevention site (OPS), has recently been sold, and Lift has been informed that the lease will be honoured until March 31 of next year.
“These three programs have been co-located out of necessity,” stated Markel. “We’re excited to have this new long-term home for the CRC and continue to seek the same for both our shelter and OPS.”
Programming for both programs will remain the same until the move, the release stated. Over the coming months, Lift will be renovating the space to meet its programming needs, anticipating a March 2025 move-in. Lift will be holding a community open house beforehand for neighbours and community members to tour the space and learn more about the programs, according to the release.
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