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Sport Manitoba has already spent $150,000 on plans for its field house, which will cost up to $13 million and require a fundraising effort of its own. Although the organization is working closely with CentreVenture, [Jeff Hnatiuk] said he's been told little about the Youth for Christ project and does not know how it will affect Sport Manitoba's plans.
The Youth for Christ project did not begin at city hall. The group made a successful application for federal money under an infrastructure-stimulus program that was open to any organization, CentreVenture CEO Ross McGowan said. Youth for Christ has been working with CentreVenture for months and has provided the agency with detailed plans, which did not have to be forwarded to council because CentreVenture, not the city, is the entity providing the loan, McGowan said.The Youth for Christ youth centre will complement Sport Manitoba's field house, McGowan added. "That project is geared to athletes. This one is more geared to getting kids off the streets and making wise choices," he said.See the full content of this document
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Worry Over Youth Centre Plan
Other groups fear fate of own developments
Winnipeg's plan to spend $3.4 million on a youth centre run by a Christian group has other non-profit organizations wondering whether their own developments w...See the full content of this document
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