Bradford’s future town hall is closer to becoming a reality, thanks to the Strategic Projects Advisory Committee.

Council voted to endorse the committee’s recommendation to proceed with a 30-per-cent design-build construction method and to consider efficient green initiatives through the design process, during the Sept. 5 meeting of council.

“I’m super happy to finally see this move forward,” Deputy Mayor Raj Sandhu, who is also chair of the committee, said via email.

The new four-storey town hall is proposed to be located just across from the community centre, along the western edge of the property which is currently an open lawn, and is expected to include a community hub with multi-purpose rooms, administrative offices and combined performing arts/council chambers.

Sandhu hopes the “significant investment in one of our original neighbourhoods” will bring more staff together under one roof, reduce the costs of leasing space in multiple units around town and create “additional patronage for the nearby downtown core.”

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