A possible Colborne tennis club moved forward on June 26 with the joint federal/provincial announcement of funding for tennis court renovations.
Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi and MP Rick Norlock announced that Cramahe will get $33,332 for court repair at Earl Street and another $31,000 for basketball facilities at Victoria Street. The township was also allocated $46,666 for a children's playground on Durham Street, just south of the Colborne Curling Club. The grants fall under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program in Ontario (RInC Ontario).
On May 19, Cramahe Township Community Services Director, Dan O'Brien, was given approval by township council to apply for grants for the projects estimated to cost about $165,000. Cramahe's portion will be $55,000. Council will now have to decide how to proceed. It must find the unbudgetted $55,000 to go forward with all three projects.
Northumberland-Quinte West MPP Lou Rinaldi and MP Rick Norlock announced that Cramahe will get $33,332 for court repair at Earl Street and another $31,000 for basketball facilities at Victoria Street. The township was also allocated $46,666 for a children's playground on Durham Street, just south of the Colborne Curling Club. The grants fall under the Recreational Infrastructure Canada program in Ontario (RInC Ontario).
On May 19, Cramahe Township Community Services Director, Dan O'Brien, was given approval by township council to apply for grants for the projects estimated to cost about $165,000. Cramahe's portion will be $55,000. Council will now have to decide how to proceed. It must find the unbudgetted $55,000 to go forward with all three projects.
In his May proposal the director suggested the tennis court repair would cost $50,000, the basketball court was to be an estimated $45,000 and the proposed playground another $55,000.
The township is in discussions with local residents regarding putting a grass tennis court on the former lawn bowling green. The addition of hardtopped courts funded by the RInC grant would make a tennis complex more viable. The approval of the funding request, submitted by the Community Services Director when he was on holidays last month, brings the tennis dream much closer to reality.
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