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 Beacon Learning Centre (BLC) broke ground for their new long-awaited building.

Beacon Hill Learning Centre, Ottawa - In a short ceremony on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, the Beacon Learning Centre, (BLC) broke ground for their new, planned building. Located between the Beacon Hill Shopping Centre and Colonel By High School, the 36+ year old Nursery School, Daycare and Kindergarten building is currently composed of 4 temporary portables under one roof.

The school has been well-maintained over the years, but the portables are long past their expiry date and they simply can't support any more construction. The new building will be an energy-efficient building, with acoustics for teaching incorporated into its design. After a long process of planning, architecture, fundraising and paperwork, the centre is gearing up for construction to begin next month.

The centre serves approximately 100 children from our community, about 40 of which were part of the ground breaking ceremony wearing construction gear including hard hats, safety vests and shovels. The Centre's director, Jackie Ruano, conducted the majority of the ceremony and introductions, thanking the many supporters who have been key contributors to this process, in particular, the current President of the BLC's Board of Directors, Ondina Buttle. With so many supporters, it is clear that this is an accomplishment driven by the community, for the community.

Finally, the children were set loose to start digging. Although they were only able to scratch the surface of the land, it marked the end of the planning stage and beginning of the construction phase. When complete, the little hands passed a few shovels on to Randy Lefloor and Peter McDonald, representing McDonald Brothers Construction who have taken the lead role in erecting the new building.
A presentation of a certificate from the city of Ottawa was given by councilor Rainer Bloess.
Please note that construction will begin shortly and continue through to (planned) mid-October.