Presbyterian-owned Crieff Hills Community Retreat and Conference Centre is seeking $600,000 for the construction of a new retreat house. The capital fundraising campaign was launched publicly in April 26.
The new building, alongside minor renovations to the existing conference centre, will provide more facilities for private retreats. The planned house will include six self-contained suites with bathrooms and kitchenettes.
Construction is expected to begin this fall. Crieff Hills, which draws between 4,000 and 5,000 people yearly, occupies a 250 acre plot of land west of Crieff, Ont. It was donated to the Presbyterian Church by Col. John Bayne Maclean, founder of Maclean’s magazine, and has become a common site for individual and church retreats, guidance conferences and meetings.
