Inside the new West Kelowna City Hall, Mayor Gord Milsom has one of the nicest views you could ask for, overlooking the incredible scenery the Okanagan Valley has to offer. Seventeen years after first being established as a city, the City of West Kelowna held its grand opening of the new city hall and library Saturday, welcoming hundreds of residents to check out the space. “I keep on saying that this is the place to be and I always refer to West Kelowna as beautiful West Kelowna.
Look outside my office, Okanagan Lake, the trees, Memorial Park, it doesn’t get any better than this.,” said West Kelowna Mayor Gord Milsom. “It’s been a vision of council for a long time to have a civic centre like a gathering place where there’s administration facilities, a learning centre with a library, I mean, this is a huge step forward for our municipality.
.. It's a tremendous service for our community and we are thrilled.
" In addition to city hall, this building is multi-purpose, holding a library, ICBC, BC Services, as well as offices for MPs and MLAs. The Okanagan Regional Library is located on the lower level. It’s a 15,000 square foot space to benefit the community and the region.
The building is also doing a couple pilot projects with ICBC and Service BC, something that's been needed on the west side of the the Bennett Bridge for some time. “ICBC announced today that effective July 15 they will be able to provide licensing services, specifically to the residents in West .