Five-year operating agreement signed with Marpole CC
We are doing things differently at Vancouver Curling Club, and can boast that we may be the first curling club to ever operate two curling facilities. While other clubs around Canada are closing, we are looking to see how we can expand to support the growth and health of the sport we love.
This expansion felt obvious when we finished the 2022/2023 season with 97% ice utilization. Even if we had wanted to provide more practice time, expand a league and grow our youth programming, we didn’t have anywhere to put more curlers! The initial partnership with Marpole Curling Club started last summer and by the end of the 2023/2024 season we feel like the trial run was a success. Yes, there are many things that we are excited to do differently moving forward (we are hiring more staff!) but overall we feel that this partnership has been very rewarding with both clubs seeing an increase in membership satisfaction in the year end surveys.
To ensure stability moving forward, the board of directors from each club, our executive director and a few lawyers recently finalized the paperwork, agreeing to a five-year operating agreement. If you haven’t done so already, we recommend you check out the practice ice and the new kitchen at Marpole this fall.
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