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Raetihi Community Hub
Raetihi Community Hub
Through the Council 2018-2028 Long Term Plan consultation an opportunity arose to work in partnership with Uenuku to develop a Raetihi Community Hub. This concept supports the broad aspirations of the wider Raetihi community and the desire of Uenuku to continue to provide a platform for Iwi to advance their social, cultural, environmental, and economic aspirations.
In 2019, Council engaged Horwath HTL to investigate preliminary options for the community hub.
Option 1 - upgrade the existing Council Service Centre.
· Whilst investigating Option 1, Howarth HTL identified that by the time the required modifications are complete, the existing building will be fundamentally changed and potentially unrecognisable compared to the existing structure.
· The location of the current service centre is not favourable from the perspective of being the community heart and will always be on the town fringe.
Option 2 – build a new Community Hub facility.
· Building new allows for the greatest design flexibility and an opportunity to future proof the hub without compromise;
· New build will significantly contribute to Councils goal of revitalising the town centre;
· A new build provides an opportunity to design it in a way which has the potential to be enhanced/added to as the need arises, or funding becomes available;
· A new build is more likely to attract and justify additional funding support through the means of charitable trusts, philanthropic donors, central government funding, lotteries commission.