“If you take risks and have trust, you’ll almost always be rewarded with a beautiful harvest.”

–Lois Hole





 

 

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December 2, 2010

The Enjoy Centre is now on Facebook. Join us there for even more news!

 

We hosted our first event on November 20the and it was a great success. We now anxiously await completion the next phases of the project.

 

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September 23, 2010

Here's a peek at some of the external work being completed before the weather really turns cold.

 

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August 19, 2010

These aerial shots of the Enjoy Centre progress come courtesy of our leasing agent Cam Picketts. The first is a view to the east with Ray Gibbon Drive in the foreground, while the second is from the southwest side and shows the main bulding entrance (in shadow).

 

 

 

August 6, 2010

CBC Radio's Rod Kurtz toured the Enjoy Centre with Jim Hole this week. To hear his interview with Jim click here.


 

July 29, 2010

Ducks Unlimited has released its plans for the John E. Poole Wetland Interpretive Site. Here are the plans and artist's drawings, which show the proposed pedway between the Big Lake interpretive site (within Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park) and the Enjoy Centre location.

 

 

 

July 22, 2010

With the roof of the third floor in place there are new vantage points.

 

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June 23, 2010

Paving is underway, the third floor is being built and more.

 

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May 27, 2010

Lots of things happening at the site these days.

 

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April 29, 2010

Here are some more 3d renderings, each from a different perspective.

 

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April 26, 2010

We received another new 3d rendering; this time it is the SW bird's eye view. Check out some of the details you can see through the glass. Click on it to make it larger.

 

 

 

April 22, 2010

They are hard at work at the site putting up glass and beginning the electrical. In the mean time, the architects are producing a few new 3d renderings. Here is the NW bird's eye view. Click on it to make it larger.

 

 

Meanwhile, the water garden spa (the health spa, movement studio and holistic clinic who will be joining us at the Enjoy Centre) have decided on the Ofuros baths they will be installing and sent us this picture of these traditional authentic Japanese baths. Really something exciting to look forward to.

 

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April 9, 2010

The glass is up on the roofs of all the greenhouses and they are working hard on the walls. Meanwhile electrical and plumbing are working away on the inside, with the arrival of the boilers and electrical panels.

 

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March 19, 2010

There are stages in construction when it’s hard to envision the beauty of the finished building. But at every stage, there’s also hidden beauty—finding it just takes a good eye, as is proven by these pictures taken by our resident photographer, Akemi Matsubuchi.

 

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February 24, 2010

The roof of the main retail greenhouse is almost done. The central portion that is still unfinished is the venting system that provides passive cooling and avoids the use of power hungry fans.

 

 

February 12, 2010

The first piece of glass on the retail greenhouse roof slid into place Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, the first truss for the production greenhouse was bolted into place. Click on an image for a larger view.

 

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January 13, 2010

The retail greenhouse structure started going up on the west side of the building and has almost reach the east side, a span of 540 feet (164.6 m). Click on an image for a larger view.

 

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December 14, 2009

A 3D mockup of what the floral design area might look like.

 

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December 9, 2009

The greenhouses are going up. It's hard to imagine the scale of them but once you stand underneath you realize how huge they are. Click on an image for a larger view.

 

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December 3, 2009

The latest drawings of the café at the Enjoy Centre

 

November 27, 2009

The greenhouses have started to arrive from Holland. With most of the main concrete work done, they should start erecting the main Thermoflor greenhouses on Monday.

 

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October 30, 2009

These recent aerial shots of the Enjoy Centre give a whole new perspective to the progress. The first image, shot looking south, shows the Enjoy Centre (foreground) and one of the Anthony Henday Drive intersections (background) currently being constructed. Photographs courtesy of Constantine Tanasiuk, Genesis Studio.

 

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September 24, 2009

They are pouring the next section of the upper floor this morning. The beautiful weather and the great view combine to make it a very exciting place to be.

 

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