Sprinkler upgrades a comfort to seniors

By Kuhl, Nick on March 14, 2015.

Nick Kuhl

Lethbridge Herald

nkuhl@lethbridgeherald.com

Residents at the citys Garden View Lodge may soon sleep a bit more soundly, following an investment of $840,000 to bring it up to fire code.

The money, announced by Lethbridge West MLA Greg Weadick at the seniors facility on Friday morning, will be allocated for the addition of sprinklers and other system upgrades.

This will create the safest environment possible for the residents, he said. Were so pleased and thrilled that this is going to happen in this facility. If there ever is a fire, theyll have the utmost, up-to-date equipment.

Most supported seniors housing built before 1990 doesnt have adequate fire suppression Weadick said Garden View Lodge, which opened in 1992, is the last such building in the city that needs it, although he didnt provide an exact timeframe for when the work will be completed.

The newer part of the complex, which is an independent seniors residence of the Green Acres Foundation, has a sprinkler system, however. Bill Martens, the foundations chairman, said his staff has been lobbying the government for quite awhile for money to upgrade the building.

Green Acres has always taken the safety of the seniors into consideration. We really appreciate the fact that the government has decided to give this money to the Green Acres Foundation for the sprinklers at Garden View Lodge, Martens said.

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