The Town of Musgrave Harbour has been provided with $15,000 through the Community Capital Grant Program to complete interior work to its newly-constructed youth centre.

"This funding will be used to help complete electrical work and provide insulation to ensure the centre can operate on a year-round basis for the youth of Musgrave Harbour and surrounding areas," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "This will ensure there is a place within the community for young people to socialize and enjoy the benefits of recreation and sports programming in a supervised environment."

Musgrave Harbour 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 really pleased to see this funding approved for the Town of Musgrave Harbour," said Bonavista North MHA Harry Harding. 　"It will now enable them to complete the building, and I look forward to the official opening and to see the facility fully utilized by the youth in the area."

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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