| Local group to renovate its new downtown location - By DUSTIN QUEZADA. THE TERRACE and District . Community Services Society - building at the northwest. has purchased the Almarlin corner of Lakelse and Eby streets. " The July 1. purchase is .the realization of something the society's board has been working on for a number of years, Says its executive di- "rector. es) _ple it serves.” -.for access,” “This building meets that ; vice delivery and costs. the society, which runs. a variety of social service pro- grams in Terrace, was look- ing for a space that filled its needs. — ; Bought. for $950,000, Lissimore said the building fits the society’s budget and is suitable for the programs | the group offers and the peo- ideal said Lissimore. - “its an need.” Lissimore: said being as ¢lose to their clients as pos-_ sible was the key consider- ation but consolidating what ‘programs can be run under one roof will also ease ser- Marylin Lissimore says. location . “Right now, we're all over the place and because of that we have to drive around and share supplies and meeting rooms,” Lissimore said, add- ing such practices resulted — in “cost pressures.” 3 The society's administra- tion is currently located in the Trigo’s building, while - service programs such’ as Northwest Addictions, Fam- ily and Children’s Services and InterConnect are all in separate locations around downtown. The InterConnect office (formerly on the 4500 black _ Lakelse Ave.) was the first to move to the new location, in early August, under a new name — the Employment Re- source Centre. Choices Community Liv- ing, a TDCSS program, will. move into the former Inter- Connect building. | - space is actually smaller than © Renovations in two stages . are planned for the .two-sto- | rey Almarlin building. The first a wheelchair. access lift, to is a -renova-. tion of the second floor, in-- cluding the installation of ° accommodate the offices of, Northwest Addictions and Family and Children’s Ser- vices. The timetable for. that is this December. Lissimore said two busi- nesses that had occupied the. - top floor and were on month- to-month leases, moved be- fore the society’s purchase. The second phase of up- grades will see an elevator installed, though’ Lissimore~ said the society will have to - apply for funding and grants to be able to complete that. The Talstra and, Com- pany law office will- remain on the ground floor.through og its lease.in 2010, added Lis-: simore., _” The society’s, adminis- tration offices will not be moved in until April 2007. It means, for now, the the combined offices their programs will be exiting but” with shared resources, Lissi- more said it won "Lcause any. ~ problems. Future plans for the biiild: - ing, along with the elevator, are to be able to offer spaces: for other, small agencies that are struggling to find:a place — to operate, added Lissimore. The purchase includes the building and the lot im-. mediately north of it border- seases T eaceense MARYLIN Lissimore, head of the Terrace and District Community Services Society, displays renovation plans for the Almarlin building. SARAH A. ZIMMERMAN PHOTO ing on Park Ave. — 3219 and 3221 Eby Street. The building, constructed ‘by local businessman Al Purschke, was bought from Almarlin Holdings, owned by three local businessmen. It once contained a num- ber of federal agencies, in- cluding the local offices of, the Department of Fisheries herbicide application. a applicator. www.bchyd ro.com and Oceans, which now has ° its own building on Keith Ave. The federal Department of Indian and Northern Af- fairs also had ‘offices in the building until the early 1990s when that department moved out of Terrace com- pletely as part of a central- ization of services. The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 23, 2006 - A11 CERRORRG emmerit BERBERS Bessie FELTON Ol tees coerce MUEDUEDA Somme OUUNDEED 255 TIT esses LTD mnt HIGH ACHIEVEMENT Royal LePage Terrace Congratulates Rusty Liungh Success on attaining “Master Sales” For the month of July . 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