Wellington and District Community Centre ~ Proud of our past, working towards our future
Time line
1931 - First Wellington Community Centre Built
1960 - Artificial Ice Installed
1973 - Fire damages the Centre but the community pulls together to help rebuild the facility
2007 - Feasibility Study determined the need to replace the existing Wellington & District Community Centre
2008 – Council created 3 Wellington Arena Replacement Project Committees and authorized application for Canada Build Funds
2009 - Fundraising begins for new centre and Taskforce Engineering was chosen as the Design Builder
2010 - Completion of the new Wellington & District Community Centre and Grand Opening
Proud of Our Past
The Wellington and District Community Centre, the pride of our community was originally built in 1931 and renovated extensively with community help after a fire in 1973. Now despite ongoing maintenance, the Centre is in dire need of multiple and unfeasible upgrades and can no longer meet the needs of our growing community.
Our mission is to honour the proud legacy and tradition of the Community Centre as a sporting, cultural, social and entertainment centre of the community. We will do this by building a multipurpose facility that promotes and encourages accessible sports, recreation, entertainment, fitness and activity for all citizens of this community–seniors, youth and families. This new facility will stimulate economic activity beginning with construction, and will continue to create revenue opportunities for our local businesses.