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In response to the rapid growth in membership and the increase in staff size over the last four years Music Nova Scotia is relocating to better serve our members’ needs. Music Nova Scotia’s new long term home will be located at 2169 Gottingen Street in Halifax. Construction of the new facility is ongoing. In the meantime, Music Nova Scotia will be temporarily located at 2157 Gottingen Street, Halifax (above Eye Level Gallery) effective Thursday, August 1 as we wait for completion of our new customized office space.  We anticipate an approximate eight week transition period in the temporary location.

Member Services Disruption on Wednesday, July 31st

The move to the temporary location at 2157 Gottingen Street will take place on Wednesday, July 31st. Our regular member services will not be operating on this day.  Photocopying services will be down starting at 3:00 pm Tuesday, July 30th. We apologize for the inconvenience. Member services will be back up and running on Thursday, August 1st at the temporary location located at 2157 Gottingen Street above the Eye Level Gallery.

About Our New Home

Music Nova Scotia’s new permanent home at 2169 Gottingen Street will serve as a dynamic business incubator for the creative industries in Nova Scotia. Making the move and sharing the eco green space with us will be the Halifax Pop Explosion. Music Nova Scotia and Halifax Pop Explosion will occupy 2000 square feet providing street front exposure in Halifax’s most culturally dynamic and up-and-coming neighbourhood. Also occupying the new building will be Centre for Art Tapes, Leave Out Violence,  a new day nursery “A Tiny Lab for Early Learning”, and residential studio lofts.

Music Nova Scotia’s new home is a perfect example of New Urbanism, combining workspace for the creative industries with residential lofts, all housed in an energy efficient makeover of an existing turn-of-the-century building.  There are five loft style apartments each with 20 foot ceilings, timber frame mezzanines, harbour views and large walkout patios. The lease negotiation is cooperative and needs based.

This building includes innovations like a “lightwell” courtyard, thermally-modified, custom-made wood windows with low-E argon filled triple glazing, in-floor radiant heat in commercial spaces, a rainwater collection system supplying water for all toilets and exceptionally high levels of insulation. The exterior shell has an R-50 roof system with SIPS panels and locally made steel roofing, combined with an R-40 exterior insulated walls clad largely with thermally modified shiplap siding and R-20 under the ground floor concrete slab. This is the first building in the world to use Carbon Cure concrete blocks. These concrete blocks are produced in Halifax and absorbed more carbon dioxide in their manufacture than they produced, which combats global warming.

The creative industries is an ecosystem that is central to the architecture of our communities. This new development is a major contributor to the revitalization of the Gottingen Street business district. Music Nova Scotia looks forward to joining our new community and improving facilities and service for our members which includes more workstations, new computers and open concept networking space.

Summary:

• Music Nova Scotia is relocating to a temporary office while we wait for construction to be completed on our new long term home
• Temporary location - 2157 Gottingen Street, Halifax (above Eye Level Gallery)
• Moving date - Wednesday, July 31st
• Member service disruption on Wednesday, July 31
• Temporary location opens and regular member services resume Thursday, August 1
• Approximate eight week stay in temporary location
• New long term home - 2169 Gottingen Street, Halifax