{"id":15566,"date":"2014-03-04T06:14:11","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T11:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=15566"},"modified":"2014-03-07T10:40:59","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T15:40:59","slug":"verdun_aquatic_centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/verdun_aquatic_centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdun Gets 2 Million Dollars for Aquatic Centre Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lis\u00e9e\u00a0announced that Verdun can count on receiving two million dollars for its planned Aquatic Centre from the Quebec Government last Friday.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lis\u00e9e sitting next to Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau at the Verdun Aquatic Centre funding announcement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lis\u00e9e included the figure in an infrastructure funding announcement for four projects:<\/p>\n

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  • Verdun’s aquatic centre got $2 million;<\/li>\n
  • The Coll\u00e8ge de Bois-de-Boulogne\u2019s swimming pool got\u00a0$1.4 million<\/span>,<\/span><\/li>\n
  • lighting in the Southwest borough\u2019s Ignace-Bourget Park got\u00a0$1 million,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span><\/li>\n
  • planned baskeball and tennis courts at \u00e9cole Des Sources got almost $600,000,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    for a total of $5,024,076.06.<\/p>\n

    The announcement took place in the Monsignor-Richard Secondary School in the theatre built above the old interior pool that was filled in some years ago.<\/p>\n

    All polyvalentes need indoor swimming pools,\u201d said Lis\u00e9e. \u201cI am convinced that the Montreal population, particularly our youth, will be happy to use high-quality modern installations. Years ago, the Quebec Government chose to invest in sports at the elite level and we saw that pay off in Sochi. But you don\u2019t get elite athletes without quality sports facilities for everyone else too.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Verdun Mayor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau also spoke about the Verdun\u2019s aquatic centre, which will begin with an $18.6 million pavilion on the waterfront.<\/p>\n

    This is a project dear to Verdun residents because our borough doesn\u2019t possess an interior swimming pool on our territory that responds to the needs of the population.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Lis\u00e9e\u2019s announcement took place just two hours after Liberal MNA Henri-Francois Gautrin announced his retirement after the next election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lis\u00e9e\u00a0announced that Verdun can count on receiving two million dollars for its planned Aquatic Centre from the Quebec Government last Friday. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lis\u00e9e included the figure in an infrastructure funding announcement for four projects:   Verdun’s aquatic centre got $2 million; The Coll\u00e8ge de Bois-de-Boulogne\u2019s swimming pool got\u00a0$1.4 million, lighting in the Southwest borough\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[174,172,175,173,128],"class_list":["post-15566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verdunposts","tag-aquatic-centre","tag-jean-francois-lisee","tag-quebec-government","tag-two-million-dollars","tag-verdun","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-434","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15583,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/waterfront-vision\/","url_meta":{"origin":15566,"position":0},"title":"Verdun Council Proposes Waterfront Vision","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"March 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"During their March 4 Council Meeting, Verdun representatives passed three motions about renovations and construction along the Verdun waterfront. \u00a0 They approved a request for financial assistance from MELS for a pool to be built near Monsignor-Richard Secondary School Pavilion. 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