Many actors and “financial gymnastics”, according to Mr. Bonnardel, were necessary to bring about, 20 years later, this project estimated at 7.3 million.
There were many elected officials per square foot, Friday morning, surrounding Raphaël and Antoine, two student-athletes from secondary 5 and 1. From left to right: Patricia Barré, deputy director of the J.-H.-Leclerc school, Julie Bourdon, mayor of Granby, Carl Morissette, CEO of Val-des-Cerfs (back), Geneviève Rheault, municipal councilor, François Lemay, municipal councilor, Mario Beauvais, director of material resources in Val-des-Cerfs, François Bonnardel, MP for Granby and Minister of Public Security, Isabelle Charest, Minister responsible for Sport, Leisure and Outdoors, Eric Racine , former CEO of Val-des-Cerfs, and Paul Goulet, municipal councilor (Catherine Trudeau/La Voix de l’Est)
Accessibility
These infrastructures will be accessible to the sports community of Granby, and not only to the students of J.-H.
The soccer field could, for example, be used by the Cosmos, and the athletics track will allow the Adrénaline athletics club to benefit from the new facilities. Other athletes should also have access to it.
However, this remains to be clarified in an agreement between the City and the Val-des-Cerfs School Services Center — owner of the land — which is currently being drafted in order to configure the details of accessibility.
Let us specify that the City invested $700,000, and that the Government of Quebec, the main financier, injected 4.86 million. CSS Val-des-Cerfs has committed 1.74 million.
