
The Community Village is a strategic co-location of cooperative social services designed to provide a respectful environment where marginalized people can access the resources of social purpose agencies and businesses within one location.
We serve a broad clientelle with a strong focus on those who find it difficult to access mainstream programming, including aboriginals, the homeless, low-income families, those with addiction issues, sex trade workers, immigrants, those new to the community and at-risk youth.
The Community Village is located in the former St. Joe's Church in downtown Grande Prairie. We have forged a very powerful partnership with the owner of the site who has offered us the lease at half the present commercial value locked in for the entirety of the lease.
The site includes over 21,000 sq. ft in three buildings, 4 lots of greenspace, over 90 parking stalls and a courtyard that connects the entire site, making it a community unto itself.
A $2,000,000 capital campaign is underway, and will fund renovations to the four buildings on the site to ensure accessibility and appropriate use of space to accommodate up to 20 social service & community outreach organizations.