The push is on to meet the $2.5 million community goal for expansion of the Leaside arena. City Council will vote on extended funding in the new year for the expansion and organizers want to get their share in hand before that. Paul Mercer, chair of the expansion committee, is quoted in the Toronto Observer as saying: “Although fundraising efforts will continue after Jan. 15, it’s critical that we reach our original $2.5 million target by that date in order to get City Council approval and get a shovel in the ground as soon as possible”. Sian Davies has a good account of the money situation in the linked story in the Observer. It is a publication produced by the journalism students at Centennial College.
