Trout River Receives Support for Outdoor Basketball Court

The Town of Trout River has received a $15,000 grant from the Provincial Government’s 2010 Capital Grant Program to help provide new and improved recreational infrastructure.

“The funding will be used to help build a new outdoor basketball court adjacent to newly-installed playground equipment,” said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. “The project will be a welcome addition to the town’s recreation facility, frequented by children, youth and area residents for physical and social activities.”

The Town of Trout River is among more than 40 community-based organizations, municipalities and recreation commissions which have received funding to upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through these latest Capital Grant Program investments.

“It is really important to the people of Trout River that we have good recreational facilities,” said Wallace Young, MHA for St. Barbe. “It makes a difference to people when they can gather to have fun, socialize and exercise within their community and this funding will help us develop these facilities.”

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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2011 01 05        12:20 p.m.