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Cochrane history: Expanding town hall

Looking forward in time is involved in two items we’re looking at today… as we look back on Cochrane history.

On the front page of the July 2nd, 1994 edition of the Cochrane Times was a photo of three-year-old Alyssa Jeffrey burying a time capsule.  It was part of National Grocer’s Environmental Day tree planting.

Also on the front page was the plan for an expanded town hall. A 60-by-60-foot addition on the front of the building was the highlight of the plan.

Councillor Paul Latondress chaired the building committee.  As library archivist Ardis Proulx-Chedore reads from the July 2nd, 1994 Cochrane Times, he promised that the original architecture would be preserved.

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“When you come in the front, there will be a cathedral ceiling, so you will see all the old façade of the building.”

The $300,000 tab was split evenly with the senior levels of government.  Latondress said the time was right, because the town’s share was in a reserve fund.

Proulx-Chedore reads further from the news article: “The existing building will become council chambers and the mayor’s office. Handicap accessible washrooms will be installed, as well as handicap access to the assembly room.”

The archives department at Cochrane Public Library covers the history of the town from its very beginnings.

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