HURON-BRUCE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR RECREATIONAL UPGRADES

June 29, 2009

Goderich, ONT, June 29, 2009 – Huron-Bruce will benefit from joint federal and provincial funding to improve community recreational infrastructure, announced today under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program in Ontario (RInC Ontario) and Recreation Ontario (Ontario REC).

These projects will provide stimulus to the local economy through investments that will spur construction activity related to recreational infrastructure.  Improving recreational facilities and services will also encourage higher levels of participation in physical activity and community building.

“Recreational facilities are essential social and athletic hubs in our communities. They bring us together as families, friends and neighbors to have fun and to stay active,” said MP Lobb. “By investing in these types of projects, our government is investing in the health and well-being of residents across Huron-Bruce.”

“Providing funding for recreational facilities, such as arenas and parks, is a great way to help bolster a community by making sure that its residents stay active and involved in the community” said MPP Mitchell. “Many of these facilities and parks are local institutions that people in the community, past and present, have strong civic connections to. I am very pleased that we have been able to maintain a part of the past while looking towards the future”.

 

These projects are just a few of the 758 projects announced on June 26th by Minister of State (Science and Technology) Gary Goodyear, on behalf of Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, and Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Leona Dombrowsky, on behalf of George Smitherman, Ontario Minister of Energy and Infrastructure worth a total joint federal and provincial investment of more than $380 Million dollars.

Approved projects were selected on the basis of merit and construction readiness.

A list of approved projects will be available on July 6, 2009 at www.rinc-on.ca