Photo: City of West Kelowna City of West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom shows off the city's new library. Seventeen years after it was first established as a city, the City of West Kelowna held its grand opening of its new city hall and library Saturday morning. Construction on the new building, located at 3731 Old Okanagan Hwy, began back in 2021, and council held their first meeting at the new city hall in late May.
But Saturday morning, Mayor Gord Milsom and city council, along with Okanagan Regional Library CEO Danielle Hubbard, Westbank First Nation elder Grouse Barnes, MP Dan Albas and MLA Ben Stewart celebrated the opening of the new building with a ribbon-cutting event. “We also extend our sincere gratitude to previous members of Council, ORL Board members, Westbank First Nation members and the many City staff who contributed to making this beautiful building a reality today,” said Milsom in a press release. “On behalf of West Kelowna Council, thank you to everyone who joined us as we welcome our community to an inclusive civic centre area, earmarked in collaboration with the Westside Multiculturalism Day event today in Memorial Park.
West Kelowna is the place to be – a place where everyone is welcome -- and we look forward to serving our community from a proper administration facility for generations to come. “We give special thanks to Westbank First Nation’s partnership and to Elder Grouse Barnes who blessed this building on the traditional territory of the O.