The Town of Saugeen Shores is holding the official opening of the first phase of the Lamont Sports Park facility this weekend.
Mayor Luke Charbonneau says the event on June 24 at the sports park at 310 Concession 6 in Port Elgin will begin with an opening ceremony at 11 a.m.
Charbonneau says it feels exciting to officially open the area after a couple of games have been held over the past couple of months.
“It is a great facility and great to see kids down there playing and the adults playing slow pitch and everybody using the park and enjoying it,” says Charbonneau.
The event will include remarks from the mayor as well as the unveiling of two plaques by the town’s heritage committee, the acknowledgment of project donors, and ceremonial first pitches at all four diamonds.
“I think it is really reflective of the kind of character of the community that we are looking to build, a place where we have top notch recreation facilities to serve our community and where those opportunities for sports and recreation are available to not only people who already live here but the people who visit our community and the people who will move here in the future,” says Charbonneau.
The opening will also include a number of events and ball games throughout the day, including a pancake breakfast and a barbecue.
This official opening of the first phase of the sports park comes following recent modifications to the second phase of the work to the park.
Charbonneau says construction of phase two will start this summer.
“It is a big property and there is lots of space for future phases after that too. We don’t have immediate plans for those, but I think one thing that is exciting about the park and the overall facility is the future opportunity it provides. The community as it grows and changes to do more things and different things provides different recreational opportunities for the community, and I think what you can count on, is the town in the years to come will continue to build Lamont Sports Park out and it is going to be an even better facility as the years go by,” says Charbonneau.
