City Hall Project

"Building our first City Hall will be a huge step forward for West Kelowna as we continue to grow and prosper,  and develop civic pride unique to our beautiful community.

I am pleased that our first City Hall will soon become a reality without the need to increase property taxes, as the required financial resources have been made available through accumulated funds in current reserves and established ongoing annual savings.

Finally, I am grateful that we have been able to have use of the Mount Boucherie Recreation Centre’s community hall as interim municipal premises for the past eleven years, and that soon the hall will be returned back to our community.”

“This is an exciting time for West Kelowna! As one of BC’s youngest cities, we need to focus on core city infrastructure while our growth continues at a rapid pace. We’ve been fortunate to have borrowed a local community hall for offices, but now is the time to turn our attention towards the construction of West Kelowna’s first City Hall. A proper place of business for the community to call home for decades to come. 

Moving forward together!”

“West Kelowna was incorporated 14 years ago in December 2007.  Since that time, our young and growing City has occupied and outgrown two temporary city halls and a number of portables. Earlier Councils’ chose to focus their priorities on core infrastructure needs such as sewer, water treatment, roads and sidewalks, and creating a full service City.

The City has made substantial progress on building core infrastructure or have major projects underway, and we are close to becoming a full service City. The current deployment of core City staff in five different locations and portables in the City is not efficient nor effective. City functions will be greatly improved with a new city-owned City Hall that would consolidate staff workspaces under one roof. This would also position the City well to better deliver services as the city grows.” 

“Having a City Hall is key in achieving many of our priorities and goals. As we look to increase the level of service that we provide to both our residents and the businesses that support our community, the ability to have all of our teams in one location will create many efficiencies allowing us to be much quicker and responsive to requests and enquiries.

A new and modern facility is also indicative of a City that is progressive and forward thinking which will encourage others who may also be considering investment in our community. Lastly, it will also return a much needed community recreation space back to the residents allowing for additional programming that may not be available now due to space constraints.”

“I’m excited for West Kelowna to continue forging our identity by developing our first purpose-built City Hall. This new building will be the heart of our local government, bringing many of our services back under one roof and serve our community for decades to come.

One added benefit is that we will get our community centre back! 

As many of you know, our current City Hall is on loan to us and has historically been a place where residents gather for a variety of activities. Our Recreation Department does a great job delivering quality programs to residents of all ages and this re-designed space will help promote many new social and cultural opportunities for our community. I’m looking forward to it!”

“It’s time. We’ve grown. We all pitched in, worked hard to communicate, plan and build the basics—water, sewer, roads and sidewalks, to name a few. So much has been done since incorporation that we are now rated by a prestigious publication as one of the top places to live in Canada. That’s wonderful, but also raises a challenge. So many want to move here that we have always had positive growth, even in lean years. It’s almost too much love. We need a home, a place where staff can work together and Councillors have some space. Now is the time to move forward and have what every municipality needs—a City Hall.

While it was a distant dream in 2007, we’re ready. We were practical, we waited, we saved. Now, as never before is the time to do it!”

Councillor Jayson Zilkie

"We are in the most exciting time in this City’s history.  

The Mt. Boucherie Recreation Centre now turned into a temporary City Hall was never intended for a long term City Hall. That is why building our very first City Hall in West Kelowna is such a monumental and needed part of our growth and future.”