MPs bring money to town
Here is a good article from The Record on the various stimulus grants that the municipalities in Waterloo Region recently received. The article focuses on a new professional soccer field to be built at RIM Park, but also mentions that the City of Waterloo may be getting more stimulus money for the water feature and skating rink at the public square.
http://news.therecord.com/article/552986
Here are some other projects in the Region that recently got stimulus money. The figures shown below are a combination of federal, provincial, and municipal funding.
Kitchener
- $18 million for the City of Kitchener's central maintenance facility
- $3 million for MacLenan Park
- $2.5 for energy conservation measures in City facilities
- $1.2 million for Centre in the Square
Waterloo
- $6 million for improving soccer fields at RIM Park, two to FIFA standards, and road reconstruction of Columbia Street, Bearinger Road, and Pinewood Place
Woolwich
- $1.7 million for the Breslau Community Centre
- various road reconstruction projects (out of a total of $3 million allocated to Woolwich, Wellesley and Wilmot Townships)
Wellesley
- various road reconstruction projects
Wilmot
- various road reconstruction projects
North Dumfries
- $13 million for new a new community centre and arena
(see separate Record article:
http://news.therecord.com/article/553237)
NOTE: According to the article, stimulus announcements for Cambridge will be made on Monday.
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