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APPLE~ 781 MA _ ST 1i bîdhee ea Mtons Communty Newspaper Since 1860WeknEdto A T Nir 876-4785 'iDq Named Canada s Top Community Newspaper w .miltoncanadianchampion.com S POR T S N EW S Young racer set Hospital campaign for reality show soon to launch Bronte <'orssswfte C'entre 400 Broute SL. South, A& E Bridging age gap through art s ,' s,,Townem ":$47 7million ~ ~ forprojecbs CANAD Ti Foran C HNANC-AMPION STAFF GRAHAM PAINE / CANADIAN CHAMPION MESSY SITUATION: Woodbine Entertainmrrent Group employees and their famnilies were among the numnerous volunteers who pitched in to help clean up the roadsides of Nassagaweya Saturday. Here, Anne Brown, who works at the Woodbine-operated Mohawk Racetrack, and niece Sarah Bradley, il' pick Up trash on Guelph Line. The annual dlean-up was organized by the Nassagaweya Community Consultation Committee. *State-The-Ar Foaaliy Depmndablo Uni-lady &Framte * ['etime Point Warrunl Specialisis * idea Estimal'mg System l-ar hrined *Pro-Approved By Msqor Deirilbiss Downdrnfl Spray lt Insurance (ompanies Computai Point MMsding A list of projects for which the Town of Milton is seeking fecleral and provincial goverroment lunding is ccrtainly, not lack- ing in ambition, and if approved it could give Milton property taxpayers a massive break. Approved hy town counicil Monday night, the municipality is applying for more than $47 million in infrastructure funding from the two upper governiments for four projects that have a total cost of about $97 million and which would be completed by 2011. To cover the remaining $50 million in costs, the Town would use close to $36 million in funds collected from developers and almost $8 million in non-tait support- cd money to contribute to the projects, according to, a staff report. That would leave Milton paying only $6 million from reserves and debt to finance the projeets. The biggest funding request is for $16 million for the first phase of a new $40 million cultural hub at the southeast cor- ner of Main Street and Thompson Road. The long discussed project would include a central library and visual arts facility to be built by Marcb 31, 2011. For the sec- ond phase, the Town would construct a performing arts theatre on the site later that year. This is the second time the municipal- ity is attempting to secure grants for the project through the Building Canada fund for communities with less than 100,000 * see MILTON on page A9I