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City of Owen Sound Faces the Cost of Centennial Tower Neglect & Decades of Deferred Maintenance

City of Owen Sound Faces the Cost of Centennial Tower Neglect & Decades of Deferred Maintenance

Owen Sound City Council has added a $265,000 Centennial Tower repair to its capital plan—without funding or a clear timeline—following decades of deferred maintenance and repeated closures.

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Miranda Miller
Jun 23, 2025
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City of Owen Sound Faces the Cost of Centennial Tower Neglect & Decades of Deferred Maintenance
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The entrance to the Centennial Tower, 2017. Image source: Spirit of Georgian Bay video

Owen Sound City Council met on June 23 to discuss multi-year capital plan issues. One of those was a request from staff to include $435,000 to rehabilitate the Centennial Tower and its access path in the 2026–2030 Multi-year Capital Plan as an unfunded project.

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