Conche Receives $15,000 to Build Community Playground

A new children's playground and boardwalk will be constructed in Conche on the Northern Peninsula, with the help of a $15,000 grant provided through the Community Capital Grant Program.

"This funding is being used to develop the grounds adjacent to Sacred Heart All Grade school in Conche into an outdoor recreation area, including a walking path around the perimeter," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Recreation. "This investment will help encourage daily activity for all residents of the community, as well as provide a safe environment for children to play."

Conche 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.

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.

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Media contact:
Heather May
Director of Communications
Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca 

2010 05 14                                                    9:00 a.m.