Brooke-Alvinston council is meeting with the Alvinston Optimists Thursday to map out the next phase of the club’s building project at the local arena.

In 2017, the club unveiled a plan which would have extensively renovated the entire Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Centre. The club started fundraising and when enough money had been amassed, they put up an outdoor pavilion with washrooms beside the arena. That project was completed over the summer.

Recently, members of the club came to council asking to move forward on the next phase of reconstruction. Andy Triest and Hannah Symington asked council to contribute up to $15,000 so new engineering plans could be drawn up.

In a report to council, Administrator Janet Denkers said new drawings would be necessary to attract grants for a large project such as the Optimist are suggesting. The club has plans to raise between $300,000 to $500,000 for the next phase. Some of that money will come from government grants, making the new plans necessary.

Council meets with the club at the Thursday at the arena to understand what the project might include.