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Chatham-Kent Community Hub

The Chatham-Kent Community Hub (CKCH) project is a large and complex undertaking and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent remains committed to ensuring that the public is informed and their opinions are considered throughout the process.

Throughout the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent has facilitated multiple opportunities for public engagement. To date, there have been three public information sessions, attended by over 300 residents, and two online public surveys conducted through the Let’s Talk platform, each garnering over 1,000 responses. There have also been three Stakeholder Engagement meetings, which were held to ensure that the lived and practiced experiences from community stakeholders are heard, considered, and reflected when designs for the proposed Chatham-Kent Community Hub are being developed. The Stakeholder Engagement Group includes representatives from the CK Public Library Board, the Accessibility Advisory Committee, the Municipal Museums Advisory Committee, and the Gallery Advisory Committee. These stakeholders represent their respective boards and committees and bring feedback and input from their groups for consideration as the project progresses. There have also been several 1-on-1 meetings with local advisory committees and boards throughout the process.

On October 21, Council voted to continue forward with the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project. This vote gives administration direction to proceed with the detailed design phase of the project and hire a contracted project manager to facilitate to project. Councillor Anthony Ceccacci added two amendments to the motion to ensure financial accountability throughout the project through the creation of a fixed-cost Request for Proposal and to provide high level cost estimates for upgrading the Civic Centre, Museum and Library (including expanding it to 35,000 sq. ft. as is recommended in the Library Masterplan).


The Chatham-Kent Community Hub (CKCH) project is a large and complex undertaking and the Municipality of Chatham-Kent remains committed to ensuring that the public is informed and their opinions are considered throughout the process.

Throughout the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent has facilitated multiple opportunities for public engagement. To date, there have been three public information sessions, attended by over 300 residents, and two online public surveys conducted through the Let’s Talk platform, each garnering over 1,000 responses. There have also been three Stakeholder Engagement meetings, which were held to ensure that the lived and practiced experiences from community stakeholders are heard, considered, and reflected when designs for the proposed Chatham-Kent Community Hub are being developed. The Stakeholder Engagement Group includes representatives from the CK Public Library Board, the Accessibility Advisory Committee, the Municipal Museums Advisory Committee, and the Gallery Advisory Committee. These stakeholders represent their respective boards and committees and bring feedback and input from their groups for consideration as the project progresses. There have also been several 1-on-1 meetings with local advisory committees and boards throughout the process.

On October 21, Council voted to continue forward with the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project. This vote gives administration direction to proceed with the detailed design phase of the project and hire a contracted project manager to facilitate to project. Councillor Anthony Ceccacci added two amendments to the motion to ensure financial accountability throughout the project through the creation of a fixed-cost Request for Proposal and to provide high level cost estimates for upgrading the Civic Centre, Museum and Library (including expanding it to 35,000 sq. ft. as is recommended in the Library Masterplan).


  • Council Moves Forward with Chatham-Kent Community Hub Project

    At last night’s Council meeting, Council voted to continue forward with the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project. This vote gives administration direction to proceed with the detailed design phase of the project and hire a contracted project manager to facilitate to project. Councillor Anthony Ceccacci added two amendments to the motion to ensure financial accountability throughout the project through the creation of a fixed-cost Request for Proposal and to provide high level cost estimates for upgrading the Civic Centre, Museum and Library (including expanding it to 35,000 sq. ft. as is recommended in the Library Masterplan).

    The proposed Chatham-Kent Community Hub is a multi-year project that is now in its third phase. The first phase was completed in October of 2023 when Council authorized the purchase of the former Sears portion of the Downtown Chatham Centre. The second phase established the Stakeholder Engagement Group, created detailed concept designs, an updated cost estimate, and featured public engagement on the concept designs. The third phase now entails finalization of the designs, tendering costs, construction procurement, and pending approval, the commencement of construction.

    “This is a great step towards realization of the Community Hub, toward bringing a project to life that benefits our entire community,” said Mayor Darrin Canniff. “The CK Community Hub is a once-in-a-lifetime project that will bring new life, new business, and new opportunity to Chatham-Kent. We have saved for this through many years of planning, and as such it will not impact the taxes of our residents. We are working hard to ensure the new Community Hub is accessible, sustainable, and through shared facilities and services, financially beneficial to everyone in CK.”

    Throughout the Chatham-Kent Community Hub project, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent has facilitated multiple opportunities for public engagement. To date, there have been three public information sessions, attended by over 300 residents, and two online public surveys conducted through the Let’s Talk platform, each garnering over 1,000 responses. There have also been three Stakeholder Engagement meetings, which were held to ensure that the lived and practiced experiences from community stakeholders are heard, considered, and reflected when designs for the proposed Chatham-Kent Community Hub are being developed. The Stakeholder Engagement Group includes representatives from the CK Public Library Board, the Accessibility Advisory Committee, the Municipal Museums Advisory Committee, and the Gallery Advisory Committee. These stakeholders represent their respective boards and committees and bring feedback and input from their groups for consideration as the project progresses. There have also been several 1-on-1 meetings with local advisory committees and boards throughout the process.

  • Upcoming Community Hub Public Information Session and Survey

    As part of ongoing community engagement for the proposed Community Hub project, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent is inviting all members of the public to attend an information session from 5-8pm on July 17 that will take place at the John D. Bradley Centre, located at 556 Richmond St. in Chatham.

    A new community survey is also launching the same day seeking feedback and input on the development of the proposed CK Community Hub. The survey will run for three weeks, from July 17 until August 7 and will be available here.

    The information session will be open-house style and will offer an opportunity for community members to view the first architectural renderings of the proposed Community Hub, see proposed floor plans, learn more about the collaboration being conducted with community stakeholders, and get information on the current progress being made on the project.

    For those unable to attend the session, all information will be available here.

    The feedback gathered from the survey will be combined with the feedback from specific community groups such as the library board, the museum committee, and the accessibility committee to help inform the design and features of the proposed Community Hub.

Page last updated: 29 Oct 2024, 04:10 PM