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The Pride Centre of Edmonton is looking for funding from the public as the opening of its new centre, almost tripling its space, nears.

The new space, set to open in September, will be 4,600 square feet — 2,700 square feet larger than its current home in the same building, acting executive director Kristy Harcourt said Monday.

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The centre has reached 80 per cent of its funding goal for construction, but is still looking for $30,000 by September to complete the renovation.

“We’re reaching out to the community to ask people to help us get to this next stage: to build a bigger, better pride centre so that we can continue to expand our offerings, reach a wider demographic who are asking for support,” Harcourt said.

The centre, which serves about 1,000 people a month in the LGBTQ community, has been on 105 Avenue just north of MacEwan University for seven years, Harcourt said.

The landlord approached the centre in 2016 and said it could have the vacant second-floor space with only a marginal increase in the monthly rent, Harcourt said, as long as it took responsibility for renovations.