Lloyd Longfield, federal MP for Guelph, was at the Acton Arena Friday morning to hand over a big cheque to the Town for $1,464,430. The announcement of Canadian government funding for three Halton Hills projects was made at a press conference in the front lobby of the Acton Arena and Community Centre. The event was was attended by local politicians, media representatives and MP Michael Chong who represents Wellington-Halton Hills in the federal legislature.
The grant will be divided among three different initiatives with the smallest portion ($17,500) going towards the creation of visitor signs that support tourism. According to the press release: “Seven pedestrian-level tourism signs will be placed at high pedestrian traffic areas in Halton Hills including Georgetown, Acton, Glen Williams, and popular conservation areas.”
The rest of the $1.4 million is going towards two separate projects involving the Town's two skating arenas. Acton Arena and Community Centre and the Mold-Masters SportsPlex in Georgetown will get $375,000 and $428,070 respectively for the replacement of dehumidification units. As well, the two facilities will be gifted $321,930 each for the implementation of heat recovery technology to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Photo L-R: Lloyd Longfield MP, Guelph and Halton Hills Mayor Ann Lawlor
The Town estimates the projects will be completed by September.
“I am very proud that we are taking real action by retrofitting facilities to achieve energy targets and carbon reduction,” according to Halton Hills Mayor Ann Lawlor. “The federal support will go a long way to implement necessary changes to reduce our corporate greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce operating costs over the long term.”
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