Recipient of
a 2009 Facility
Excellence Award
from the BC
Recreation & Parks Association
The Burnside
Gorge Community Centre is
pleased to offer meeting and
banquet facilities as well as in-house catering for your business and
social event.
To schedule a booking or for more info, please email or call the Facility
Recreation Coordinator at 250-388-5251, ext. 226.
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
Our
LEED
certified building has an innovative and unique design. The centre
was
built into the embankment of Cecelia Ravine Park, which allows the
building to naturally use the earth's constant temperature for heating
and cooling.
The centre features the first accessible green roof in BC,
which provides a pleasant environment for visitors and clients. High
ceilings and large windows offer natural light, with excellent views of
Cecelia Ravine.
Interpretive signs highlighting the building's LEED components are
displayed inside and outside of the centre. Check back soon for our
LEED
brochure!
Testimonials
“We worked with the staff at
Burnside Gorge to hold workshops in November [2009]. Coordinating our
event from the Lower Mainland adds extra challenges, but the staff was
extremely helpful and there were no logistical challenges at all. In
the end our workshops were smaller than anticipated, and they were able
to move things around and get us into a space that was perfect for our
size. The venue was great and everyone couldn’t stop talking about the
food!”
Justin Ho,
United Community Services Co-op
"Booking our events at the
Burnside Gorge Community Centre has made our event planning so much
easier. We've
booked our meetings for the whole year and they set up the room to our
requirements, giving us one less thing to think about! The natural
daylighting, the the room and the location on the Galloping Goose are
perfect for our needs, and we take pride knowing that this is a LEED
project."
The
Emerging Green Builders
"Our
experience at the Burnside Gorge
Community Centre went above and beyond our expectations! The staff was
friendly and very accomodating to our needs. We
are glad we held our rehearsal dinner in the Activity
Room because it was the perfect set up! The naturally-lit bright
room and nice open space was definitely a bonus for our
large crowd. We would not hesitate to recommend
this facility to future patrons. Thank you for making our
experience an enjoyable and successful one!"
Michelle &
Danny Elliott
Transportation
As a green building, we highly encourage
you to carpool, use public transit, ride your bike or walk to the
Burnside Gorge.
Walking
& Cycling
You can find us on the Galloping Goose Trail at Cecelia Ravine Park,
between Gorge Road East and Burnside Road East. Bike locks on-site are
best used with a U-lock.
Public
Transit
#8 Interurban/Tillicum/Oak Bay
#11 Tillicum/UVic
#21 Interurban/Downtown
#22 Vic General/Hillside Mall
Parking
Parking is available on-site (471 Cecelia); please be considerate of
the reserved parking spaces for our community vans, Parent & Tot
programs, and the handicapped.
Other all-day parking is available at
Burnside Campus (3170 Jutland) as well as by Cecelia Ravine Park (off
Burnside Road East, next to the SPCA).
Two-hour street parking is also available.
471
Cecelia Road Victoria BC V8T 4T4 |
t: 250-388-5251 | f:
250-388-5269
Michelle
Stafford, ext. 226 | Facility Recreation Coordinator