Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
I was very happy to see the Federal and Provincial governments commit the significant sum of nearly $5.4 million dollars to community recreation infrastructure spending in Scarborough Guildwood last week. The Federal and Provincial governments will each spend a total of $2.6 million dollars on six projects to benefit residents of Scarborough Guildwood.
Money for community recreation infrastructure is important because it will allow for either the expansion of physical space or improvement of existing space, which in turn will allow for enhanced community use and a greater capacity for recipients to enhance their positive impact on the community they serve.
I look forward to seeing the good work that the community organizations and facilities do be expanding will have on the Scarborough Guildwood community and think both the Ontario Liberals and Federal Conservatives each found themselves on the right track by allocating funding to support community based organizations like these.
I especially look forward to seeing the East Scarborough Boys and Girls expansion. It’s hard for people I think who aren’t from Scarborough to truly appreciate the impact that the East Scarborough Boys and Girls has on the Galloway and Kingston road community especially. In many ways the East Scarborough Boys and Girls is the very example of community based, supportive programming that is required in at-risk and lower income communities.
With the funding that Cedar Ridge will receive, it is my hope it will assist the City in ensuring that that beautiful structure which serves so many great community purposes is better preserved than the Guild Inn has been.
Below is the link to Minister Best’s Press Release on the funding.
Scarborough-Guildwood Organizations to Receive Funding For Recreational Upgrades
Below is the link to the Scarborough Mirror’s story on the annoucement. Government funding to help create more recreation space in East Scarborough
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