Norwood residents are celebrating this afternoon after a city appeals board rejected a plan that would see a liquor store open up across the street from a park.
The owners of a convenience store located kitty corner to the park and playground at the intersection of 95th Street and 114th Avenue were originally granted a permit to sell alcohol last month — a decision which upset many Norwood residents.
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It looks like Mitford Park will be getting a bit of a facelift, courtesy of the federal government’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund and the Lindsay Leigh Kimmett Memorial Foundation.
Wild Rose MP Blake Richards made the announcement April 3 that support from the Canadian government to the foundation will be put towards park upgrades, which is home to the Kimmett Cup, the foundation’s annual pond hockey tournament.
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The city’s new regional park has grown in size.
Despite cost warnings from officials, city council members voted Tuesday to boost the North Regional Park to 73 acres.
The soon-to-be-built facility will still be smaller than Nicholas Sheran Park (106 acres) or Lethbridge’s famous Henderson Lake Park — about 140 acres, including the lake and Japanese Garden but not the golf course.
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Residents of Lacombe Park are emphatic in their support for a city-built mountain bike skills park, but they oppose building it on an existing green space like Liberton Park.
Concern over the fate of the park and anger over their belief the city did not consult homeowners around it bubbled to the surface at a public meeting Thursday night as approximately 150 residents crammed into the Lacombe clubhouse to make their voices heard.
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Progress on a Turner Valley spray park is at a standstill pending word on funding from the federal government.
The Foothills Lions Family Spray Park Committee is awaiting approval for $170,000 from the government’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund before moving forward on constructing a 31,200-square-foot spray park in Turner Valley. The cost of the facility is expected to be $500,000.
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Calgary’s Stanley Park is in line for a redesign, but not everyone thinks changing the popular green space or adding to its long list of activities is a good idea.
“It’s got a multitude of users, and that’s one of the main reasons we want to spend some effort on it,” said Keath Parker, a parks planning manager.
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A proposed liquor store near a local park in the Norwood community has some residents worrying about neighbourhood safety.
The store slotted for Norwood Square is about 30 metres from a park at the intersection of 95th Street and 114th Avenue.
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Upset that they weren’t consulted about a mountain bike skills park and what its construction might do to Liberton Park, a group of residents have organized a town hall to make sure their voices are heard.
The town hall will give people living close to Liberton Park the chance to express their concerns, an opportunity many felt they did not receive.
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On the corner of Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street S.W. is a strange and striking juxtaposition of concrete and nature. Angular structures coexist with the surrounding foliage, and when the weather is warm, water cascades over and around them, and the concrete seems to embody the very forces of nature. Pedestrians can often be seen walking through the park to and from the adjacent 8th Street C-Train platform, and in late spring and summer — or on a Chinook-warmed winter’s day — the park is filled with lunch-eating office-tower refugees, chess players and even parkour enthusiasts.
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City council voted to maintain the status quo for Monklands Park, located near Ralph McCall School, Feb. 19.
The 2.3-acre site was originally zoned public service district but was not titled a municipal reserve. In 2010, the site was redesignated as a residential medium density multi-dwelling district during a controversial public hearing. The move was made to allow for a Habitat for Humanity affordable housing project. However, the organization decided not to pursue the project.
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