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Setters Place officially opens in advance of 2019 Canada Games
an enhanced node in the City’s park system “Red Deer is well known and Red Deer is one step closer Red Deerians love our national to the 2019 Canada Winter award-winning linear park trail Games after the official open- system but our park was only ing of Setters Place at Great built to 100,000 population,” Chief Park. she said. The new City facility features “Now that we are at that a three-storey pavilion, along 100,000 population threshold, with a new synthetic field used it is important we build for the for both football and soccer. next generation and the years to In the winter, the field can be come. This marks an enhanced, converted into a 400m outdoor modernized ability for our local speed skating oval — which sports community and culture will host the long track speed groups to make use of this faskating events at the Games. cility for all types of purposes.” The $12 million facility was Veer said the project was the built in conjunction with a $3 culmination of a community million grant from the gov- effort. “I am incredibly proud that ernment of Canada and also received a naming sponsorship our community came together for JT Setters and Sons. initially to secure the Canada Mayor Tara Winter Games See our video at Veer said the and our comopening sigmunity came .com together to nifies another make this great day in project hapRed Deer. “A four-season park with en- pen. Ultimately, this enhanced, hanced, modern facilities has modernized space will bring been a long-standing communi- this community together,” she ty vision,” she said. “Because of said. the 2019 Canada Winter Games She added she looks forward and the federal infrastructure to welcoming over 20,000 felfunds that came our way as well low Canadians in just under as the sponsorship from the 13 months. Setters’ family, this long-awaitDavid Patterson, president ed vision has finally become and CEO of the Canada Games a reality.” Council, said the facility is an Veer said the park will not example of how the Canada only serve the 2019 Canada Games benefits Canadian Winter Games, but also will communities. be a place to go for generations “This is what the Canada of Red Deerians. It also serves as Games can deliver to a commuBY TODD COLIN VAUGHAN todd.vaughan@reddeerexpress.com
nity - a facility that can serve the whole community. The games are the catalyst and the magic happens starting at the games, but then for 30, 40, 50 years after that,” he said. He credited Lyn Radord, the Canada Games board chair in Red Deer and CEO Scott
Robinson and his team for the job they have done so far bringing the games to Red Deer. “You here in Red Deer are in great hands and the athletes across Canada,” he said. With such a short time remaining before the games, Patterson said it is time to get
excited. “It has been awhile since the bid was awarded and a lot of work has been done,” he said. “Now you are seeing it become more public and it is time to get excited and think about volunteering. It is time to book
time off work to volunteer and it is time for the young people to get serious about their training. “It is time to get excited for this games because it is exciting and it is going to be a wonderful couple of weeks.”
Test run for the Games
X-COUNTRY - The Haywood NorAm Western Canadians and Peavey Mart Alberta Cup 5/6 took place over the weekend at River Bend. Over 500 cross-country skiers flocked to the area for the event which served as a test run for the 2019 Canada Winter Games. Todd Colin Vaughan/Red Deer Express
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