{"id":9312,"date":"2024-10-21T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=9312"},"modified":"2024-10-21T14:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T17:23:26","slug":"community-arena-in-pictou-county-to-receive-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/10\/21\/community-arena-in-pictou-county-to-receive-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Arena in Pictou County to Receive Upgrade Funding."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pictou County residents will see upgrades to a community facility with provincial grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShared community spaces promote physical activity, access to resources and social interactions for people of all ages,\u201d said Marco MacLeod, MLA for Pictou West, on behalf of Allan MacMaster, Minister of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage. \u201cOngoing improvements and maintenance are critical to ensure these spaces remain accessible, functional and effective in meeting the community\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hector Arena, operated by the Hector Arena Rink Commission, hosts programs, events and other sporting activities. It received funding to purchase a new Zamboni and install accessible doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quotes:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the Hector Arena Commission, I want to thank the Province of Nova Scotia for funding our new ice resurfacer through the Rink Revitalization Fund. Special thanks to former MLA Karla MacFarlane for driving this project forward and MLA Marco MacLeod for sealing the deal. We couldn\u2019t do it without the support of the Town, County and our dedicated volunteers. Thank you, all.\u201d<br>\u2014&nbsp;<em>Ron Clarke, Manager, Hector Arena<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick Facts:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the Hector Arena Rink Commission received just over $139,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Province\u2019s accessibility strategy, Access by Design 2030, outlines how the government will achieve its goal of an accessible province by providing people with disabilities equitable access to programs, services, information and infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Resources:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage grants and programs:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cch.novascotia.ca\/investing-in-our-future\">https:\/\/cch.novascotia.ca\/investing-in-our-future<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online grant finder tool:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.novascotia.ca\/find-grants-offered-through-department-communities-culture-tourism-and-heritage\">https:\/\/beta.novascotia.ca\/find-grants-offered-through-department-communities-culture-tourism-and-heritage<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictou County residents will see upgrades to a community facility with provincial grants. \u201cShared community spaces promote physical activity, access<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9312"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9314,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9312\/revisions\/9314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}