asked for by a younger, more active
population base as well as those appealing
to active seniors.
A series of community open houses was
held to discuss recreational priorities,
Bowden said, and the city established a
partnership with Rugby Canada, which
established its national headquarters office
in Langford. The city is building a high-
performance gymnasium for use by both
that organization and others, and it has an
agreement with a local high school which
allows for reciprocal use of turf fields.
The Westhills Arena and Langford Lanes
bowling facility are together in a building
called the Sportsplex that was built with a
grant from Infrastructure Canada. The
grant funds were split into three even parts
assumed by the federal, provincial and
municipal governments, respectively, and
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