"Convention Corner is down." That's from Vern May, Portage Regional Economic Development executive director.

Vern May"One of the things we discussed upon my arrival is really defining what PRED is, and what do we do," he notes. "While I can definitely understand the direction Douglas Barill (former PRED E.D.) was going while he was here, and I've reviewed the files and looked at the case studies and the different projects he was looking at, the idea was good but the project itself under-delivered."

May says their priority is not moving forward with the community department, seeing as other organizations are doing that very well. He notes because they won't be maintaining the site, there's no use in it remaining there only to deteriorate. PRED looked to the carpentry department of PCI for dismantling the structure, and the school's keeping the material from its wall for their efforts. He adds the Fort la Reine Museum indicated they had need for a stage, so the Parks department's going to deliver it to them.

Stage will go to Fort la Reine Museum