St. Clair College in Chatham is offering to donate a patch of land to the municipality for the development of a regional park.
In a report coming to Chatham-Kent Council on Monday, administration is recommending that the municipality moves forward with the donation of approximately 19.5 acres of land off of Bear Line near Dale Drive.
As part of the agreement, the municipality has been asked to develop the land into a regional park. The college has indicated that its priorities for the park would be a cricket pitch and an indoor practice area for cricket, as well as basketball or volleyball courts.
Mayor Darrin Canniff said he’d like to see the land used for recreational facilities that don’t currently exist in Chatham-Kent.
“There’s going to be a lot of things that are not in Chatham-Kent now that will be on that land and it will really add to that area of recreational facilities,” he said.
If council moves forward with the deal, the transfer of the land is expected to be completed in July or August.
Administration has recommended engaging the community through the Let’s Talk Chatham-Kent website to guide decisions as to what type of recreational activities should be included at the proposed park.
Canniff said further details on proposed plans for the land will likely be released early this week.
