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By Miriam Lafontaine Local Journalism Initiative \u00a007\/06\/2024 The Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC) and the Sports and Recreation Unit have teamed up to form a new action group that will be tasked with creating a 10-year master plan for sports and recreation in the community. Part of its mandate will also be to lead the design of an expanded or entirely new KYC facility. Roiatate Horn, director of Sports and Recreation, said it comes down to them sharing the same vision for the future of Kahnawake. Sports and Recreation was already getting ready to carry out an assessment of the town\u2019s parks and sport facilities, while the KYC was gearing up to design a plan for a new building, Horn said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to work together to make sure that the… <\/p>\n

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By Miriam Lafontaine Local Journalism Initiative \u00a007\/06\/2024 The Kahnawake Youth Center (KYC) and the Sports and Recreation Unit have teamed up to form a new action group that will be tasked with creating a 10-year master plan for sports and recreation in the community. Part of its mandate will also be to lead the design of an expanded or entirely new KYC facility. Roiatate Horn, director of Sports and Recreation, said it comes down to them sharing the same vision for the future of Kahnawake. Sports and Recreation was already getting ready to carry out an assessment of the town\u2019s parks and sport facilities, while the KYC was gearing up to design a plan for a new building, Horn said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to work together to make sure that the... <\/p>\n

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