What is special about the Shenkman Arts Centre and Orlans Town Centre?
The Shenkman Arts Centre will have many special features, including a 500-seat performing arts hall, a 100-seat black box studio, a municipal art gallery, theatre studios, pottery studios, visual arts studios, new media arts studios, dance studio, and accompanying administrative spaces. The Shenkman Arts Centre will be a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified building for maximum energy efficiency. In keeping with the City’s Smart Growth principles and Official Plan, the Orlans Town Centre is to be developed as a downtown area for the community of Orlans, with an emphasis on compact, mixed-use development. Higher densities of employment and residential land uses are expected in the Orlans Town Centre to ensure the existing and planned retail and commercial services in this area are supported. Bringing all of these land uses close together and providing pedestrian trails and a pathway network will encourage residents to walk and cycle to access nearby services. T
