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A concept drawing shows the new Ojibway Nature Centre building in Windsor, Ont., due to be completed by the end of 2010. (Ojibway Nature Centre) Construction is set to begin on a new nature centre at Ojibway Park in Windsor.
The conservation area received $1.8 million in government funding to help build the 743 square metre facility.
The City of Windsor, the province of Ontario and the federal government split the cost three ways.
City naturalist Paul Pratt said he is keeping a close eye on the early construction.
"You've got the gravel base in for their staging area and the fencing up to go around the perimeter of the construction area," said Pratt.
"Everything's ready to start on the construction of the new building. It's going up just behind the existing nature centre and over where the current picnic shelter is."
The current centre is a 40-year-old converted construction trailer from St. Clair College.
Replaces 40-year-old building
Approximately 100,000 people visit the centre at the edge of the city in the west end every year.
There are 251 hectares of protected land in the Ojibway Prairie Complex with 9,200 metres of maintained trials.
The new centre will be open all year offering educational programs for adults, youth and pre-schoolers.
The building is expected to be complete by the end of the year, after which time the current centre will be demolished.
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