The Burquest Jewish Community Association has bought a building, which will become a Jewish Community Centre, at 2860 Dewdney Trunk Road, just south of the Coquitlam Centre. It will be the first public structure east of Vancouver dedicated to serving the Jewish Community of the Lower Mainland.

About 3000 persons with a Jewish identity live in the lower mainland east of Vancouver. Our community centre will provide a focal point for the expression of Jewish life and culture for this currently under-served, and rapidly growing population.

The two story building has a main floor and a basement, with ca. 2200 sq. ft. on each level. The community will take possession of the property at the end of June, 2001. 

Burquest committed itself to the creation of a Jewish Community Centre in the eastern suburbs in 1994. For the past 27 years, the Burquest Jewish Community Association has served the needs of Jews living in Burnaby, New Westminster, the Tri-Cities and beyond, in homes and rented facilities. 

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