LRC looking for fundraising

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Langdon Recreation Centre (LRC) committee began the process of working to get an indoor sport facility built in the hamlet in 2013 to meet the growing population in the area that has reached over 5,000 people.
LRC president Travis Tweit said they’re a month or two away from reaching their charitable status, which he considers to be a step forward.
“Langdon grew so fast,” said Tweit. “We don’t have any indoor recreation whatsoever. That was the whole base for it was to get something indoor year round for everybody to use because every community has that except us. There’s just so many kids in town and nothing for them to do, especially in the winter months.”
The LRC is anticipating that the facility will have an indoor ice rink, a dry pad for lacrosse, soccer, weddings, concerts and a fitness facility, while having a meeting space for all the groups in the town.
The committee currently has $50,000 to get all the leg work done, while they are beginning the process of fundraising one-third of the $7 to 10 million for the first phase and getting one third from both municipal and provincial funding.
He added that the committee is exploring joining with the future Langdon High School in creating a joint-use site that is currently owned by Rocky View County and Rocky View Schools. There are ongoing discussions with local developers.
Tweit said he has been in talks with Rocky View County as to what further steps to take and spoke to community groups as to prioritization.
“What we’ve done as a community is we’ve looked at all the amenities in the community and what we’re going to do,” said Tweit.
“And the first one we’re going to be tackling, starting this year, is ball diamonds. We’ve got two ball diamonds that are not usually useable because they’re under water and the higher level ball player can’t play there.”
The LRC hopes to break ground in 2019.