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May 20, 2010

Greater Lamaline Area Receives $15,000 for Purchase of Recreation Equipment

In a combined effort designed to increase recreational opportunities for youth on the Burin Peninsula, the three towns of Lord's Cove, Lamaline and Point May have been provided $15,000 through the Provincial Government's Community Capital Grant Program to purchase sport and recreation equipment.

"This funding will be used to purchase a wide array of outdoor sports and recreation equipment and to assist with upgrades to community playgrounds," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "This investment will enable more area children and youth to participate in outdoor physical and social activities, and I commend these communities for coming together to support the needs of their young people."

More than 30 communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador have received 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 pleased to have worked with these communities to secure $5,000 for each recreation committee, for a total investment of $15,000 into Lord's Cove, Lamaline and Point May," said the Honourable Darin King, MHA for Grand Bank. "This funding will upgrade the community playgrounds, providing our youth and children with safe facilities to be active and enjoy healthy lifestyles."

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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Media contacts:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
Corey T. Parsons
Constituency Assistant to the
Honourable Darin King
MHA Grand Bank
709-832-2531
coreyparsons@gov.nl.ca

2010 05 20                                                   12:20 p.m.


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