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ATTACHMENT <br />Case 4: Wellness Hub <br />Artscape Wychood Barns <br />Municipality: Toronto, Canada <br />1. Background and Summary <br />Development of a Wellness District requires establishment of key wellness related facilities to connect, <br />educate and and engage the surrounding community. Artscape Wychwood Barns is an example of a <br />community cultural hub that concentrates community organizations, businesses and artists working in <br />the areas of arts, culture, food security, urban agriculture, and health in one location.'Ibe site is a former <br />streetcar repair facility transformed into a dynamic mixed -use community space, where arts and culture, <br />environmental leadership, heritage preservation, urban agriculture and affordable housing are brought <br />together to foster a sense of community'$'Ihe building is owned by the City of Toronto, but operated by <br />an organization called Artscape under a 50 -year lease. The building has programming and administrative <br />spaces, live -work units for artists, indoor and outdoor growing areas, a community-run gallery and an <br />8,000 square foot covered street that is used for farmers' markets, art markets, conferences and events 39 <br />The property contains 4 barns each serving different purposes: <br />1. The Studio Barn provides 26 live -work studios and 14 work -only studios to professional artists as <br />well as a Community Gallery. <br />2. The Covered Street Barn provides affordable community space for community events, exhibitions, <br />conferences etc. <br />3. The Community Barn provides affordable programming, rehearsal, office and meeting space for <br />nonprofit community arts organizations and environmental organizations. <br />4. The Stop Community Food Center's Green Barn houses a year round temperate greenhouse, <br />sustainable food education center, garden, outdoor bake oven and compost demonstration site. <br />2. Project Description <br />2.1. Partners & Actors <br />Leading up to the development, the local City Councilor played a large role in the reuse and <br />preservation of the site. Important community groups who supported the process include the <br />Taddlewood Heritage Association and Friends of the New Park. In 2008, the Wychwood Barns <br />Community Association (WBCA) was created to curate the community gallery and to enhance <br />community and public participation in the Barns. <br />The \ett Practice WS —A -54 <br />