WINNIPEG — The province and the city are joining forces to help King Edward School build a $260,000 playground after the schoolyard equipment was vandalized almost a year ago and had to be removed.
“Right now there is no play structure at King Edward School,” Coun. Mike Pagtakhan told Global News on Friday morning.
The province and city are contributing $100,000 towards the elementary school’s redesigned playground through the jointly funded Building Communities Initiative. The city is contributing another $33,000 through its Community Incentive Grant Program.
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The playground will include an amphitheatre and a natural playground as well as more traditional play equipment and sports fields. It will also have areas designed as teaching circles, which is culturally important in a predominantly aboriginal neighbourhood, Pagtakhan said.
The community has raised funds for the playground and more is still needed, Children and Youth Opportunities Minister Kevin Chief said.
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“The students themselves have done a lot of fundraising,” Chief said.
One student contributed her birthday money, he said.
The new playground is one of 34 Building Communities Initiative projects announced in March 2013. The multi-year, cost-shared capital initiative was developed jointly by the provincial and city governments with a goal of supporting community revitalization in older neighbourhoods through improvements to community infrastructure.
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