City of Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison and a number of Quinte West councillors toured the building site of the new HSHPE’s Animal Care and Community Education Centre last week and presented the last installment in their four-year, $250,000 pledge for the new shelter.
The centre, currently under construction at 34 Wallbridge-Loyalist Road in Belleville, is expected to be completed in the summer of 2022 and will serve the communities of Belleville, Quinte West, Hastings and Prince Edward Counties.
“We are happy to support the Humane Society Hastings Prince Edward build their new facility,” says Quinte West Mayor Jim Harrison. “They do important work in our community, and they’ve needed a new facility for some time now.”
The City of Quinte West made its $250,000 pledge in 2019, to be paid in four annual instalments of $62,500. The city has also provided a loan guarantee of up to $1 million available, at an annual interest rate of 0.78%, to be repaid within 10 years.
“Without the support of the cities of Quinte West and Belleville, the new centre would still be in a conceptual stage,” commented chair of the It Takes Heart Campaign Committee Greg Sudds. “We are extremely grateful to both city councils for their visionary leadership.”
