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City inviting tenders for Heritage Ranch expansion

The visitor’s centre at Heritage Ranch is getting a face-lift.

The visitor’s centre at Heritage Ranch is getting a face-lift.

The City of Red Deer is accepting tenders until Oct. 10 on a project to renovate and expand the centre.

Plans include:

l partial interior demolition.

l a new 70-square-metre addition to the kitchen.

l an 89-square-metre addition to the dining room.

l a new 111-square-metre addition to decking.

l a 34-square-metre office addition.

l accessible public washrooms.

l kitchen and main entrance reconfiguration.

In 2009, the city endorsed the Heritage Ranch 2009 Concept Plan to guide future development on the 215-acre parcel immediately east of the Tourism Red Deer/Alberta Sports Hall of Fame centre along Hwy 2.

As part of the Heritage Ranch visitor centre renovations, the meeting room would be expanded so up to 80 people could be there instead of 50.

The plan also looks at adding programs such as camping, upgrading the ranch’s visitor centre, using large gateway signs and other promotional features, improving vehicle and pedestrian access, and keeping the horseriding component.

In 2009, capital costs were estimated at $4.4 million, including $1.7 million for adding utilities to the visitor centre, the operator’s residence, and the Alberta Sports museum and Tourism Red Deer.

szielinski@www.reddeeradvocate.com