By Mark Squibb \ April 28, 2023
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for sports groups in Mount Pearl — or at least one of the more wonderful times.
The City last week released the 2023 Community Grant Program allocation, a fund of $80,000, which will be distributed to each of the 13 sports organizations in Mount Pearl.
Councillor Bill Antle took a moment to discuss the funding amount, which was unaffected by this year’s municipal budget.
“We just had a tough budget here in 2023, and we looked at full operations from top-to-bottom, and that resulted in some budget cuts internally and externally,” said Antle. “Across the board, we had to look for opportunities to consolidate and find efficiencies. We had to look deeply at how we operate in response to a challenging economic climate and inflationary pressures. But ultimately, our collective goal was always to provide high quality opportunities to our athletes and to our community. That’s why we’re all here. And while we did change the structure of our partnership with the Mount Pearl Sports Alliance, I want to emphasise to all that there has been no change in the funding structure. They all will receive the exact same amount of money they had last year.” The 13 members comprising the alliance include Summit Synchro, Mount Pearl Minor Baseball, Mount Pearl Minor Basketball, Pearlgate Youth Bowling, Campia Gymnastics, Mount Pearl Minor Hockey Association, Dogs Rugby Club, Mount Pearl Skating, Mount Pearl Soccer Association, Mount Pearl Special Olympics, Mount Pearl Marlins, Mount Pearl Tennis Club, and Pearlgate Track and Field Club.
