The Centennial Grounds Sports and Culture Revitalization

in progress

Under Construction

- Improve Sports fields to allow youth and adult leagues to make maximum use of the space for soccer and other turf sports improving quality of life for residents and surrounding communities. - Create washroom shower facilities and new shade structures to support multi day cultural events and sporting events allowing for increased use of space and more cultural events offered to residents. - Improve lighting and surfaces for parking areas to support sport and culture events at the Grounds. • New topsoil and grass for grounds field, and corral areas • Expand corral area to accommodate an additional Soccer field • Fencing alteration and repairs for Centennial Grounds • North east soccer field grade and turf improvements • LED lighting, poles and electrical updates for parking field • Create Shower building with 1 Accessible Shower and 5 regular stalls • Shade structure • Parking Lot road gravel resurface • New Screened Room for Cultural events The Township has 1200 permanent residents, but the grounds serve a much larger area and surrounding communities for both soccer and baseball programs that include youth from 11 rural municipalities spanning from Thessalon to Echo Bay and all of St. Joseph Island, as well as cycling events, community night, the Go North Music Festival, AlgomaTrad Concerts, and private and public event rentals. The facility hosts thousands of visitors over the course of a season.

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Car parking, Commercial, Automotive, Road