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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 8 Jul 2009, p. 6

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The federal and provincial. ‘ \ . it’s going to go fonvard a lot sooner Regional chair Ken Selling said money for the rec projects comes ‘ I)" '"‘““” \““”\i“”" "'1‘“ “‘ thanwethoughiitwould. the demand for low.income and from two economic stimulus pro- lmi (Mum. “min!“ I Mr i .lii A l mu iii-i “We'vealwaysbeenhoping. but supportivehousingintheregion is gramsâ€"theOntario Recreation I). . m ”I. ‘ k ( ”Wm M ‘ thisisgoingtomakeithappen.’ persistent and there are nearly Program and Recreational infra- ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ ‘ l The project already had funding 4,000 applications in the queue. structure Canada Program _ M NH, \ iwi l ,1, .j A \i..i~ commitments from the region. the “The wholeareaofboth afford Many of the projects will be ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ provincial-federal homelessness able and supportive housing shon- completed by the fall. others by ‘ ‘ ‘ “ “ ‘ “ program and a development age is still a major problem,” he earlySpring u a . . . . a . . chargesgmnt from the city. said. “Each (new unit) is a minor, MP Peter Braid defended the use . ‘ The extra cash means Support- but major step along the way. it’s of those dollars for short-term . ' ive Housing wont need to take out nice to see some supportive hous- recreation infrastructure. saying the an $800,000 mortgage as planned. ing iriWaterloo come to fruition.” projects are creating construction Currie said. He applauded the non-profit jobs in the community. 'That money can then be put and private sector groups behind “The primary purpose of our ‘ , toward the support of the tenants," the housing projects, saying they infrastructure stimulus funds, l ' hesald. would never get off the ground including this one. is to stimulate "cl" coverage 0' mm, 5M5 Even with the government sup- without their efforts the economy and create jobs today annuâ€" port. the organmu'on still needs to A third smaller project â€" four over the shon term,” he said. “in WATEmaIRONICLE hit its $1 million capital project lowâ€"income family units in Welles addition to the important econom- ley â€" also received $480,000 from ic stimulus it creates, through the . _ _ V theprovince'andthefeck. creationofjobs thereareaddition- New to Canada? Trained In Child Care? ( SluiSTOGA ! ; ‘1 pp l a ‘ “ ‘ g All three projects are sci-called al benefits â€" benefits to our com- 4 _ ' ‘ ' ‘shovblready‘lftheygettoworkin munityfromcreatingfitnessanda ""' â€"- ‘ July or Augiist. the Supportive healthylifestyieto pruvldingacless , ~ Housing project should be ready to to community facilities” '12” takeintenantsbeforethewinterof inmariycasesheaaidthefacil- “ 2010,Curriesaid idswereatthepointintheirlifesâ€" ‘ ~ Win 1” The funding earmarked for pan where improvements were ' , Waterloo region accounted for 20 necessary. ' affix » W r M N0 percent of all the cash dolled out to One project that didn't get the a???» g \ \ a, . w. l . 23 housing projects across the green light was the city’s $891,000 . . . V V , g ,_ V 1" 1%. 7 provincelaltPnday. requestforfundstoconatructa ' -‘ ‘ ’ * ‘ " , fqg, “ m I ‘ . The armouncementcappedofi skating rink and waterfeature in . . '~ ' I a week of merit cashllowing the new public square. Halloran " "flplac. “Mlnlmn “I": to, L ." r_____--_-__--_----..__--., into the region. Waterloo received said the project was seen as an I , I thebultofthatmoneyâ€"justover " "notaneceulryiiketheproj- Childhood Educators an In!» you succeed. :Efl! It“: m mum," for mm“ mm. fihmmm _ 3‘ ”OF E structureptojectsaaossthecity. 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J 0 $374,000 for architectural ties now rather than patchwork ‘ ""' “""""""""' upgrades and compressor. replace~ repairsoverthenext l0years. ‘ ., LAS/K MD ! ”Kids. g _ .. if: »\ ' ' . “1‘17â€" i t 'T . f”??- '1'." ‘ : : .:.;'§EW? 7* ‘ ”‘53 t ‘_ ‘ 1 i' i i ‘ i . . r . C i ta. ‘ ' d A! i 3 " t. as... ‘ new“; 4., I: ' x ;r -< ' , . av . a- , ~ . . _ . its. . . ‘ - v . .. (1014 V 3 ~‘ 5 ' “WWW“ ' III-Y..- a” i ’A v ( ‘ ‘ ~‘ my»? mm. r‘ ’_ . I t at" $490 “a" \ . , ‘ I” Home» . ’~ ; A â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"___â€"_______ ii..;\,:,i-)‘ . H i

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