On Tuesday, we celebrated the completion of our Granville Island Revitalization Project with an official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony!
The ceremony, held in the Backstage Lounge and lower lobby of the Granville Island Stage, honoured the amazing individuals, businesses, and governments whose generosity contributed to our recent renovations at the Granville Island Stage and the Revue Stage. The fundraising campaign for the project began in September 2007 and the renovations were completed in November of 2010.
Attendees included Spencer Herbert, BC Provincial MLA for Vancouver-West End; Ellen Woodsworth, Councillor, City of Vancouver; and Canadian Heritage staff members, with speeches by Jim Storie, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Arts Club; Stephanie Cadieux, Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development; Geoff Meggs, Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver; and Stan Hamilton, Chair of the Arts Club’s Capital Campaign.
You can check out The Georgia Straight’s coverage of our event here and the Vancouver Sun’s here.
Thank you to everyone who came to celebrate with us and to The Party Bazaar for selling giant novelty scissors so we could cut the ribbon!
Stephanie Cadieux , Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development; Jim Storie, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Arts Club; Howard Jang, Arts Club Executive Director; Geoff Meggs, Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver; Stan Hamilton, Chair of the Arts Club’s Capital Campaign.
Speeches in the lower lobby of the Granville Island Stage
In front of plaque: Bill Millerd, Arts Club Artistic Managing Director; Jim Storie, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Arts Club; Stephanie Cadieux , Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development; Geoff Meggs, Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver; Stan Hamilton, Chair of the Arts Club’s Capital Campaign; Howard Jang, Arts Club Executive Director
Ribbon-cutting: Foreground L-R: Geoff Meggs, Deputy Mayor, City of Vancouver; Ellen Woodsworth, Councillor, City of Vancouver; Jim Storie, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Arts Club; Stephanie Cadieux , Minister of Community, Sport, and Cultural Development. Background: Howard Jang, Arts Club Executive Director; Bill Millerd, Arts Club Artistic Managing Director; Stan Hamilton, Chair of the Arts Club’s Capital Campaign
