A new 973m2 park (smaller than a hockey rink, larger than a basketball court) is coming to the northeast corner of Wilson Avenue and Faywood Boulevard. The new park will be accessible and include a play/fitness area. A dogs off-leash area will not be included due to the park’s limited size.
The timeline is subject to change.
Draft design options were developed based on the feedback collected during Community Engagement Phase 1.
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An accessible, safe, and beautiful new park that includes features for all age groups. Features should include a play space, an “active” space, green space (including planting beds and trees), shade, community gathering spots and a range of seating options.
Visit the Get Involved section for more information on how you cn provide feedback on the daft design options.
This seating area is located on accessible rubberized surfacing, south of the play and fitness area. It includes sets of café style tables and chairs with umbrellas for shade, as well as wooden bench seating along the east side of the park with round café tables. The tables and chairs are fixed in place (cannot be moved). Trees throughout the space provide additional shade. Light posts provide lighting.
This space provides a flat grassy area with picnic tables and trees provide shade.
Splash Pad Option A features a set of water jets that shoot straight up. Water from the jets pools slightly to allow for puddle play. Park users can turn the splash pad on in warmer seasons by pressing a button.
Splash Pad Option B features a set of angled water jets that create a “water tunnel” to move under or through. Water from the jets pools slightly to allow for puddle play. Park users can turn the splash pad on in warmer seasons by pressing a button.
Take the online survey to review and provide feedback on draft design options for the new park. These draft design options were developed based on the feedback collected in Community Engagement Phase 1.
A summary of the feedback collected will be posted on this page when available.
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In this phase of the community engagement process, community members were asked to provide ideas and feedback to help develop draft designs for the new park. High-level summaries of the most popular ideas and feedback collected during this phase is provided below.
The design team will use this feedback to create a draft park design which will be shared with the community for further feedback and refinement.
The following vision was developed using feedback collected during this phase:
An accessible, safe, and beautiful new park that includes features for all age groups. Features should include a play space, an “active” space, greenspace (including planting beds and trees), shade, community gathering spots and a range of seating options.
Over 880 people responded to an online survey between April 20 and May 8, 2022, providing 499 ideas and over 9,000 idea ratings. In addition to English, one survey each was completed in Persian, Korean, Portuguese and Tagalog.
Review all raw ideas and rankings.
On Friday, May 6, 2022, project staff held four classroom workshops at Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School for approximately 60 students in grades one, two, three, seven and eight.
On Friday, May 6, 2022, approximately 125 people participated in a pop-up outside of Faywood Arts-Based Curriculum School from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Most participants were 13 years old or younger.
In this phase of the community engagement process, draft design options for the new park will be presented to the local community for feedback and revisions.
This phase of the community engagement process will start in spring 2023. In this phase, a final proposed design for the new park will be presented to the local community for a final round of feedback and revisions.