What is this new Regional Recreation Centre going to do for the community? What are the benefits that we can expect?
A. The significant long-term benefit of the project will be the availability of a large regional recreation centre for the Owen Sound area for the next 40 years or more. The centre will also assist in attracting investors, businesses, industry, and professionals, who will view the facility as a key aspect of the community when considering relocation. Short-term, the project will create jobs for upwards of 150 people during peak periods and 300 people overall.
A. There are many benefits from this new Regional Recreation Centre (Centre): • The new centre will increase the emphasis on a healthy, active lifestyle, helping to keep people out of the medical system and medical costs down. There will be a positive effect on childhood obesity, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, arthritis and many other illnesses. The new Centre will excite people to become active! • The Centre will be a hub for the community, where friends and families can all go to participate together or individually. Children may be at hockey practice or swim lessons while parents participate in yoga or workout in the conditioning centre. The new Centre will mean less driving and more activity. • The Centre will welcome people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities and financial situations. Seniors will interact with babies, and children with their parents, and teens will participate side by side with adults and seniors. Those with special needs will have improved accessibility with l
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- Do all members of Council support the Regional Recreation Centre and accept the financial risk involved?
- Why does the cost of the Regional Recreation Centre keep going up?
