Ward One Social & Recreation Centre (History)

The Ward One Social & Recreation Centre originated to stimulate interest and to promote and encourage good wholesome forms of sporting and recreational activities for citizens of the Ward One community.  The centre consists of a Board of Directors who oversee all programming and functions that take place within the centre.  It is also a vehicle through which Ward One residents designed to encourage fellowship">

Ward One Social & Recreation Centre (History)          The Ward One Social & Recreation Centre originated to stimulate interest and to promote and encourage good wholesome forms of sporting and recreational activities for citizens of the Ward One community.  The centre consists of a Board of Directors who oversee all programming and functions that take place within the centre.  It is also a vehicle through which Ward One residents designed to encourage fellowship, develop leadership skills, and to maintain good clean sportsmanship.  Originally located on the corner of Marsh Street and Merigomish Road this facility was able to meet  the needs of the community.  However, as time passed and the centre was utilized by increasing numbers of people, problems arose.  The streets around the centre were quite busy and as a result, noise levels became a problem.  Also with families using the centre, problems arose with the presence of children near the busy streets.  The bottom line was that as the community grew larger, the needs of the community changed and the original Ward One Recreation Centre was no longer able to meet the needs of the community.  Due to these problems (during the late 1970's) the centre had been moved to a new location. Now located on the corner of Tremont and Brother Street on 9.5 acres of property, the new Ward One Recreation Centre had been created in a building obtained by the Town of New Glasgow from Maritime Tel & Tel.  This building was then renovated and expanded upon and became the centre that still exists today.   (Click on a picture for a larger image)             Copyright © 2001 Ward One Social & Recreation Centre.   All rights reserved. Any questions or comments concerning this website, please contact  berkleydesmondhotmail.com