It is now 2017, so when will the city invest in a building with artificial turf so our citizens (young, teenage, adults, mid age, old age) have a place to be active and develop?
I am a soccer coach in Sudbury, in various roles, and our programs — for little children through to aduls (including varsity post-secondary), both male and female, both recreation and competitive — are suffering because we lost the soccer centre on Falconbridge Road.
Have you seen what Sault Ste. Marie has? They have half our population, but a facility that is 100 times better facility! Better yet, since we currently have no/zero facility, it's more like infinitely better if you do the math.
Stop the pedestrian crosswalks. Stop the French arts building. Start building something for sport development during the winter months in our city.
Allocate some funding for a facility that people (for example, soccer players) would be lined up at the door (and willing to pay) to use.
Giuseppe Politi
Sudbury