Tennis Manitoba Hub @ West St. Paul breaks ground
Mayor Cheryl Christian and members of council welcomed guests and held court today at the Sunova Centre for the ground-breaking of the brand new Tennis Manitoba Hub @ West St. Paul.
"I am so grateful that everyone has joined us today for this ceremony where we bring out the big scissors and the red ribbon and the golden shovels. It’s important to have days like this because we’re celebrating six years of hard work, and it’s our chance to thank everybody involved who made these tennis courts, this new community asset a reality,” Christian said.
"I’m proud of the administration and staff who do the behind the scenes work to get this done and I’d like to acknowledge two members of council that are here today, Deputy Mayor Stan Parag and Coun. Giorgio Busceti. It takes council support to recognize the importance of recreation in our community, to listen to our residents and the strategic plan that told us they want more recreation and they want more trails.”
Kevin Lamoureaux, MP for Winnipeg North and Parliamentary Secretary, thanked the crowd of about 50 people who attended and congratulated Mayor Christian on her vision for a better community.
"This is a unique, high class, wonderful tennis court program, and an investment of about $750,000 through Prairies Economic Development Canada. The purpose is to invest in our communities. Coming out of the pandemic we understand and appreciate the importance of building back better wherever we can,” Lamoureaux said.
"One of the ways we do that is investing in our communities. What that really means is taking a look at our communities, and asking how we improve the quality of life for today. One of the ways we can do that is investing in sports activities.”
Tennis Manitoba President David Scrapneck said he was thrilled to be at the ground-breaking of the new facility that will bring world class tennis to West St. Paul.
"We host the National Bank tennis tournament in Winnipeg and we’ve outgrown the facility and this will be a fantastic new place where we can host international tennis,” Scrapneck said.
"I want to congratulate everyone who brought this all together. I want to thank all the public for their input, the Federal Government for the funding, and from West St. Paul, Mayor Cheryl Christian, without their support, this wouldn’t have happened.”
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