The Maryborough Community Centre here will be upgraded with the assistance of provincial grant funding.
CAO Brad McRoberts reported at the Jan. 10 meeting the Township of Mapleton was successful in obtaining a grant for upgrades to the facility through the Ontario 150 Community Capital Grant Program.
The total project costs were estimated to be $526,000 with $249,800 being funded by the Ontario 150 program and $10,000 being funding through the Wellington County Accessibility Grant Program.
The remaining $266,700 will be funded through the 2017 capital budget.
“The municipal portion of financing will need to be funded through a debenture,” McRoberts explained in his report.
Mayor Neil Driscoll said News of the grant was welcome as the township had not been successful in obtaining federal or provincial funds through application-based programs in recent years.
An application in 2015 to the federal Canada 150 infrastructure program for the project was unsuccessful.
