The donation will go towards universal design of the building, ensuring it goes above and beyond current accessibility standards .
A $200,000 donation from the Windsor Foundation will help the new Fredericton Performing Arts Centre implement universal design measures aimed at increasing accessibility.
Universal design is a building principle that aims to ensure a space is able to be accessed and understood by as many people as possible. Another handful of private citizens are also contributing to the accessibility design of the $81.7-million project, including Ed and Melissa Barrett, Margaret Norrie McCain, Bill and Joanne Reynolds, and John and Lois Cameron Thompson.
“That’s really what universal design is, is it’s about everyone being able to do everything in the building no matter what their role is,” he said. The grant will also help to pay for a state-of-the-art listening assistive system for those who are hard of hearing. The Playhouse already has an older version of the system, but the new PAC will have one that takes advantage of advances in technology and can work with things like hearing aids.“If someone wants to get a device that will help them hear what’s happening on stage, it can be done in a way that technically works much better than what’s available today,” he said.
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