Our Vision:

To provide the community of Hanwell with functioning recreation facilities, including a community centre, tennis courts, walking/biking trails, and playing fields within five years.

General Objectives:

1. To support and facilitate the acquisition of property for the benefit of the community.
2. To oversee and manage the property for the benefit of the community.
3. To explore opportunities for the development of projects related to civic improvement and the provision of community services for the benefit of the community; and to, wherever necessary, provide leadership for the

Specific objectives:

1. To obtain by purchase, lease, contract, donation or otherwise a parcel or parcels of land for the provision of community center and playing fields
2. To enter into contracts for community services
3. To obtain funding to carry out a capital program, and
4. To obtain funding for operational expenses for recreational facilities

The 5-year plan includes acquiring land, improving and developing the land, building the structure and fields, completing the grounds work and landscaping

In early 2007, a group of citizens in Hanwell, New Brunswick, became concerned about the lack of community parks and recreational facilities and programs in the Hanwell Local Service District (LSD). Under the current government structure, it is very difficult to procure property for the benefit of the community, because the LSD is not incorporatated. .