Downtown

It’s likely a moot point now that city council has approved a new events centre to replace it by 2028, but the Downtown Community Arena is in ‘fair’ condition now, and slated to slip to ‘poor’ condition by 2025 and ‘very poor’ condition by 2030

Sudbury Wolves Sports and Entertainment CEO Dario Zulich and Downtown Sudbury BIA co-chair Jeff MacIntyre are singing city council’s praises this week following their unanimous decision to proceed with a new $200-million arena/events centre in Downtown Sudbury

The Sudbury Multicultural and Folk Arts Association has taken temporary residence within the Economic Development offices at Greater Sudbury city hall

The south extension of the main branch library in Downtown Sudbury is being rejigged to accommodate a new children’s area in a process expected to conclude this summer

SalDan Construction Group president Sam Biasucci spoke at a community meeting on Friday night to explain the three nine-storey residential buildings his company has proposed

Head to Elm Place Mall in downtown Sudbury to kick off the Hangin’ with Howler campaign

Of the building’s 347 units, 105 will be affordable housing for seniors, with ‘affordable’ defined as 80% of market rates

The five-unit, 10-room downtown housing project is being undertaken by Laurentian University associate professor Krishna Challagulla, who’s trying to help students secure affordable housing

Federal funding has allowed the drop-in centre to extend their hours on weekdays and weekends

City funding for Sudbury’s supervised consumption site ran out at the end of 2023, and the service been running on donations as it waits for long-term provincial money