Three Local Organizations are Moving in Together

The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation, Junior Achievement of Waterloo Region and the Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Area to share a board room and meeting room space with the potential for collaborations

Three local organizations plan to move in together later this summer.

The Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation (KWCF), Junior Achievement (JA) of Waterloo Region and the Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Area (BIA) will be under one roof at 29 King Street East Downtown Kitchener.

CEO of The KWCF, Rosemary Smith, tells 570 NEWS how this pool the three organizations resources, “we have more opportunity, more space and more opportunities to work together because of pooling our money to do what we do.  I’m not necessarily saying that it’s costing us less to do it, it will cost us probably about the same”, adding the organizations will get more for the dollars they invest.

The organizations will be able to share board room and meeting room space, while still having their own open-concept offices, allowing the groups to collaborate.  Smith alludes to some of the collaborations the community could see, “there’s real opportunity to take a look at programs and projects on behalf of community and to bring different partners to the table.  For us, I’d take a look at Random Act of Kindness Day in November and we have two other organizations who might learn more about Random Act of Kindness and might be in a position to help us promote it”. Smith adds the KWCF may be willing to support the JA initiatives to keep the youth in school and to support the BIA in the work that they do downtown.

Smith is excited for this opportunity, “we have three organizations, who I think do tremendous work on behalf of the community and my belief is the community will benefit from these kinds of collaborations” she said.

Moving plans are still underway, with all three groups planning to be in their new offices by the end of August.

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