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City to begin major renovations at Kent Commons Community Center

An $1.5 million renovation of the Kent Commons Community Center will make the city-owned recreation facility brighter, shinier and more inviting.Work is expected to start March 18 at the 50,000-square-foot facility, 525 Fourth Ave. N. The center sits downtown just south of West James Street and accesso ShoWare Center and west of the Kent Station shopping center.“We definitely need this renovation,” said Kent City Council President Satwinder Kaur after the council unanimously approved the renovations bid at its Feb. 20 meetings. “With the update, it’ll be so much more inviting and an exciting place to be.” Construction crews…

Strawberry box homes? How Ottawa plans to make an old strategy new – National

The federal government is looking to create a roadmap for the future of housing policy in Canada.Federal housing minister Sean Fraser on Tuesday confirmed Global News’ report from Monday that the minority Liberals were taking a nearly 80-year-old program off the shelf and revamping it. When thousands of veterans returned to Canada after the Second World War, Canada was facing a housing crisis. To cut through the red tape and accelerate the building and approval process, Ottawa released a catalog of pre-approved home designs that builders can start constructing straight away. Hundreds of thousands of new homes were built…