Celebrating The 519’s renovated space

Church Street community centre marks 34 years

The 519 Church Street Community Centre showed off its gorgeous, renovated space on May 19, as part of the centre’s 34th anniversary celebrations.

The day was filled with open-house tours, drag shows, a cocktail reception and speeches from Mayor David Miller, city councillor Kyle Rae and honorary patron Salah Bachir.

Watch our video for highlights from the event:

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