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May 21, 2010

Bauline Recreation Centre Receives Community Capital Grant Support

The Town of Bauline will enhance its recreational infrastructure with the help of $15,000 from the Community Capital Grant Program.

"This funding will help with the installation of windows, siding and shingles at the Bauline Recreation Centre." said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "With this investment, residents of the Town of Bauline and surrounding areas will have a more comfortable environment in which to organize their sport and recreation programs."

Bauline 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.

"I am very pleased for the Town of Bauline and its residents," said Cape St. Francis MHA Kevin Parsons. "Improved recreation infrastructure helps to encourage an active, healthy lifestyle, and the overall well-being of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians is something that this government takes very seriously."

The Community Capital Recreation Grant Program is an application-based program that provides funding of up to $15,000 to 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
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 05 21                                                   11:00 a.m.
 


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