North Battleford wants to build a new BMX facility and is seeking grant money from Kraft to make it happen.
The City has a nomination in at Kraft Project Play for a BMX park. Kraft Project Play is offering a possible $250,000 grant towards a recreational facility upgrade, with the winner to be announced Aug. 21.
The idea is for the BMX park to be a regional facility for meets, competitions and enthusiasts from across Western Canada.
According to the City’s news release, the grant money would allow them to fast track the construction and turn the project into an event in itself through Kraft’s involvement. It would also jump start interest in the sport of BMX, they said.
According to their nomination, the park “addresses a need that no other facility currently can provide and not only addresses a community need, but can serve as a regional need. It would be a new facility, not an improvement to an existing one. It will be sustainable for generations, and will not be disposed of or replaced. It will be a lifetime community enhancement that will serve the KRAFT brand in a healthy active manner. It will be accessible and affordable to all. It will provide a catalyst for community partnerships and an alternative to traditional sport and leisure activities that are currently provided in typical communities in Canada such as hockey, ball, soccer, etc. It will also assist in taking some stress off the existing skate park to allow that facility to function as intended.”
