Media Advisory: Minister to Announce Funding for Jack Byrne Arena

The Honourable Keith Hutchings, Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development, will be in Torbay tomorrow (Friday, July 6) to announce a new investment in support of the Jack Byrne Arena.

Minister Hutchings will be joined by Kevin Parsons, MHA for Cape St. Francis, officials from the Jack Byrne Arena Board of Directors, and several mayors from the region. The announcement will take place at the Jack Byrne Arena, 7 Kennedy Brook Drive, at 10:00 a.m.

Officially opened in 2009, the Jack Byrne Arena is a regional recreation facility owned by the towns of Torbay, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Pouch Cove and Flatrock and operated by the Northeast Avalon Regional Arena Board.

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Media contact:

Scott Barfoot
Director of Communications
Department of Innovation, Business and Rural Development
709-729-4570, 690-6290
scottbarfoot@gov.nl.ca

2012 07 05                              2:05 p.m.