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OCTOBER 22, 2020
Trust plan for town hall
Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk and Community Board leader Sue Milner support the plan. Waipā District Council wants to set up an independent Charitable Trust to manage the Cambridge Town Hall. If a Trust was established, Council would retain ownership of the hall and contribute to maintenance costs - but day-to-
day running and promotion of the category two listed building would sit with a Trust. Waipā District Council already has an independent Trust – Go Waipa – managing Te Awamutu’s Events Centre and the Cambridge Pool. That Trust was established
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in 2013. A hall Trust would also be responsible for marketing the hall to increase usage and lead efforts to secure philanthropic funding for repairs and maintenance. Deputy mayor Liz Stolwyk once managed the hall for three years
and had her wedding reception there. She believes a Charitable Trust is the best way forward to bring the hall, opened in 1909, back to its former glory and ensure it is better used. “It’s a stunning building in a brilliant location. But use has
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reduced over the last decade with less than a third of available days used in 2018-2019. It’s the heart of the town and it is such a shame to see a wonderful building sitting here, under-utilised and frankly, deteriorating.”
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