East Gwillimbury holds official opening for $22-million operations centre

Yorkregion.com
May 18, 2022

East Gwillimbury held the opening ceremony celebration for its $22 million Operations Centre on Woodbine Avenue on May 14. The event featured a touch-a-truck display, facility tours, activities, free barbecue, and interactive booths highlighting the various operational departments.

“I’m so glad that we were able to gather as a community to celebrate this milestone in our town’s history,” East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson said. “Having the right infrastructure in place to support East Gwillimbury as it grows will allow us to build on the great work our staff teams are doing to maintain our town. We’ve needed this facility for many years, and council is especially proud that it was built at no cost to our residents.”

The 57,000 square-foot facility is located at 19850 Woodbine Ave. and is the town’s largest capital project to date. It is the home to various departments such as roads, fleet, water and wastewater, parks, facilities and emergency services. More than 120 full-time and seasonal staff work out of the facility throughout the year.

The facility is on a 20-acre site, with various efficient and environmental features, which include collaborative meeting areas, state-of-the-art training space, 15,000 square-foot sand-and-salt dome, electronic vehicle charging stations, white roof technology, a 1,400 square-foot greenhouse and a tree farm. The building also houses the town’s emergency operations centre.

The town broke ground on the Operations Centre in the summer of 2019. Strasman Architects designed the building and Percon Construction built the facility. The project cost $22.5 million to complete and was funded through development charges.