BY MICHAEL-ALLAN MARION
EXPOSITOR STAFF / BRANTFORD

A plan to put an interim YM-YWCA in the old Work Wear building is on schedule, and progress continues on a long-term project to construct a permanent facility by Earl Haig Park, says the organization's CEO.

Don Duncan said this week the design for renovations to transform the Work Wear brownfield property at Wellington and Clarence streets is finished and partners King & Benton Redevelopment Corp. and Lanca Construction are in the process of acquiring all the necessary permits.

Colleen Armstrong, King & Benton's project co-ordinator, said the company appreciates the co-operation it is getting from city staff to keep momentum going on a project that will also redevelop one of the city’s 15 designated brownfield sites.

She said she also hoped the project will encourage greater private sector redevelopment of other brownfield properties in the community.