The Town of Holyrood will upgrade and expand the Holyrood Centennial Field Complex facility with the help of $15,000 being provided through the Community Capital Grant Program.

"The Holyrood Centennial Field Complex is a year-round facility and an integral component of indoor and outdoor physical, recreational and social activities in a community," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "We are pleased to provide support to improve the facility, and to create greater accessibility — including improved wheelchair accessibility — to the facility."

Holyrood is among more than 30 communities throughout the province which will receive funding to purchase equipment and upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through the most recent allocation of $450,900 through the Community Capital Grant Program.

"I am very pleased to see that this key piece of recreation infrastructure will be expanded with this grant," said the Honourable Tom Hedderson, MHA for Harbour Main. "This improvement will help build community spirit and engagement, and contribute to the overall health and wellness of people in and around the Town of Holyrood."

The Community Capital Recreation Grant Program is an application-based program that provides funding of up to $15,000 to assist municipalities and recreation commissions to improve their recreation and sports infrastructure.

Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides an additional $300,000 to the Community Capital Grant Program, bringing the total annual investment in this program to $1.3 million. Since the introduction of the Provincial Government's recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007), more than $62.4 million in new funding has been committed for recreation and sport infrastructure and equipment throughout the province.

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