Rockyford School has been reborn as a hub for the village.
The Village of Rockyford began working with Golden Hills School Division a couple of years ago to acquire the vacant school. Today the space called Prairie Ridge Park is providing a hub for recreation, education and business.
“Council felt the structure was sound enough and with the property in the middle of our community, it was an asset. We saw it as an opportunity to entice traffic into our community by providing some commercial rental space,” said Mayor Darcy Burke.
The Village took ownership in late 2017, and it has become a hub of mixed usage.
“The community has made great use of the gym in there. We have a huge pickleball league started. We rented space to the Playschool Association and taken up space and now the Wheatland Regional Corporation has moved their offices. The bottom half of the school is being very well utilized at this point,” he said.
Burke says there is room to grow.
“There’s interest from another couple of businesses, so in the very near future we hope to get some of the top floor rented out,” he said.
