After nearly 20 years of planning and two years of construction, Lethbridge's new Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre at Exhibition Park is almost complete.
Today, the massive building is nearly complete and media outlets from across southern Alberta were taken on a tour of the regions newest agriculture hub.After nearly 20 years of planning and two years of construction, tLethbridge's new Agri-Food Hub and Trade Centre at Exhibition Park is almost complete.
"We're weeks away now from letting public into some of the spaces and when you walk through the building you really start to get a sense for what the space is going to feel like and just how important it's going to be as a gathering space," said Mike Warkentin, CEO for Lethbridge and District Exhibition.
"Some of our event spaces in this facility I would put up against the best anywhere in the province, including the mountain parks like Banff and Jasper."The building will feature an open and state of the art entrance area, a 104,000 square foot trade hall, multiple meeting and conference rooms and a dining and patio area, all complete with the latest and greatest in AV technology.
The building will also be using re-purposed materials from the existing exhibition park pavilions as well as recycled wood and soon to be re-planted trees from the ones that were removed to make room for the hub.
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