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Tourism, Culture and Recreation
November 30, 2010

Deer Lake Receives Capital Grant Support
For Off-Street Skateboard/BMX Bike Park

Young people in the Town of Deer Lake and surrounding areas will soon have a BMX bike and skateboarding park, thanks in part to $15,000 from the Provincial Government�s 2010 Capital Grant Program.

�In consultations with the youth of the area, the Deer Lake Recreation Committee found that young people wanted an outdoor, off-street facility specifically designed to provide a safe environment in which to engage in outdoor skateboarding and BMX bike activities,� said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. �This facility will provide a venue for young people to engage in physical activity and improve their skill levels in a sport that is rapidly growing in popularity.�

Deer Lake is among more than 40 municipalities, recreation commissions, and community-based organizations throughout the province which have received funding to upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through these latest Capital Grant Program investments.

�I am so pleased with this announcement, and the youth will be ecstatic given that it will provide them with yet another option for outdoor fun and recreation,� said Humber Valley MHA Darryl Kelly. �This is certainly an activity of great interest to them and will provide access to hours of enjoyment and enhance their social and physical well-being.�

For more information on the Capital Grant Program, visit: www.tcr.gov.nl.ca/tcr/sports/capital_grant_program.html

Budget 2010: The Right Investments � For Our Children and Our Future provides an additional $300,000 to the 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 $70 million in new funding has been committed for recreation and sport infrastructure and programming.

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Media contacts:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
Donna Ivey
Communications Manager
Government Members Office
709-729-0898, 697-1424
donnaivey@gov.nl.ca

2010 11 30                                                    1:50 p.m.
 


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