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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
Donna Ivey
Communications Manager
Government Members Office
709-729-0898, 697-1424
donnaivey@gov.nl.ca

2010 12 01                                                   10:50 a.m.
 


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