Optimist Hill ChaletSaskatoon, SK
Explore ProjectSaskatoon had a vision to “build a hill” in the middle of its city to be used by snowboarders, skiers, and tubers. 3twenty took the opportunity to give back to the community with a $100,000 donation to the project to establish a chalet space at Optimist Hill.
Project Summary
The Optimist Club of Saskatoon had a vision to support recreational skiing and snowboarding by adding 30 vertical feet to “Diefenbaker Hill.” The project would integrate two magic carpet ski lifts, tubing lanes, a terrain park for snowboarders, and a village area where visitors would buy lift tickets, warm up with hot chocolate, gather for lessons, and rent equipment.
The organization launched a capital campaign to raise $3,000,000. They raised enough to build the hill, but they had a funding gap to provide a building that the community would use. The Optimist Hill Campaign Co-Chairs originally reached out to 3twenty in hope of renting some of our office trailers from our rental division to use as temporary buildings. We didn’t think that was good enough.
3twenty put forward a proposal to design and build a small-scale chalet that could be permanent and provide a modern, functional, and architecturally interesting building for the project. Knowing the budget was limited, 3twenty included a donation of over $100,000 to the project. We tagged on two of our rental offices and converted them into rental shacks, to complete what is now called the “3twenty Village” at Optimist Hill.
