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Green-Up shuts doors
for one week to make its move The go-to organization in Peterborough for environmental questions or concerns is moving and needs to close its doors to make it happen, even though they’re not moving far. Located in the Peterborough Square downtown, Green-Up is moving further down the hall to set up yet another, new, temporary home on the lower level of the mall. It will open its doors again for business at 8:30 am on Monday, September 27. The move and set up of Green-Up’s Resource Centre and office space is expected to take some time and will see the organization closed for the week of September 20 to 24. "We hope that it doesn’t cause any inconvenience," says Green-Up’s Executive Director, Sue McGregor-Hunter. "But we are taking steps to make sure people can still contact us if need be," she adds. Green-Up staff will be checking e-mail and voice mail throughout the week in order to ensure people can still contact the organization. Those needing to contact Green-Up can leave or send a message. The new office space is formerly the site of the Peterborough Family Resource Centre. It’s expected to give both Green-Up staff and patrons a bit more room for maneuvering. "With the number of environmental programs Green-Up offers constantly expanding, it was getting to be a tight squeeze housing both staff and the Resource Centre in our present location," explains Sue. Staff should not be expected to get too comfortable in the new place, however, as Green-Up has access to the space only until February 28, 2005. As reported earlier on peacefulcommunities.ca, Sue said it would be nice for Green-Up to have its own building so it could demonstrate green values more easily than in a mall setting. "We’re keeping our options open," says Sue of possibilities for a future home for the organization. "After seven different locations over the past 11 years, it will be nice to find a more permanent home for Green-Up." At this stage it is too early to speculate whether the group will be buying or leasing it’s future office space, she notes. But Sue says the Green-Up Board of Directors is eager to explore options. "We’ve seen a couple of interesting spaces already and hope that people will keep coming forward with ideas and offers." You can reach Green-Up at (705) 745-3238 or at greenup@greenup.on.ca. |
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