By Pam Wright
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

C-K’s Downtown Chatham Community Hub project will not go beyond costs already built into the 2024-27 multi-year budget.

That’s according a report posted online ahead of the Oct. 21 meeting when council is expected to decide on moving the project into its next phase, which includes finalizing detailed plans to revamp the former Sears building into a public space.

Capital funding for the project has been allocated, the report stated, at a cost of $53 million. However, it also stated that even if the project moves forward on Oct. 21, that isn’t the “final decision point.” Chatham-Kent Mayor Darrin Canniff agrees. “We’ve already set aside money to do this and capital costs (for it) aren’t driving any tax increases,” he told The Chatham Voice. “Either way, we’ve been saving up. We knew it was coming.”

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Photo of the future site for the Downtown Chatham Community Hub Spot project.

(Image courtesy tThe Chatham Voice)