Tourism, Culture and Recreation
December 1, 2010
Tamarack Golf Club Gets
$15,000 Boost
The Tamarack Golf Club in Labrador City
will improve its facilities with the help of a $15,000 grant provided
through the Provincial Government�s 2010 Capital Grant Program.
�This funding will be used to assist with
upgrades to the club�s general purpose building and its locker/storage
facilities,� said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism,
Culture and Recreation. �As the only golf club in Labrador West,
Tamarack provides residents and visitors alike with the opportunity to
get physically active, while also providing emerging talent with a place
to develop their competitive skills.�
The Tamarack Golf Club is among more than
40 community-based organizations, municipalities and recreation
committees throughout the province which have received funding to
upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through these latest
Capital Grant Program investments.
�I am very pleased that government is
providing this grant to the Tamarack Golf Club to help upgrade its
facilities,� said Labrador West MHA Jim Baker. �This community-based,
not-for-profit organization provides for, and promotes, an active
lifestyle for the residents of Labrador West ranging from our young
people to our senior citizens.�
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
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Donna Ivey
Communications Manager
Government Members Office
709-729-0898, 697-1424
donnaivey@gov.nl.ca
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2010 12 01
10:50 a.m.
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