A new 2,500 m2 park – slightly larger than five National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball courts – is coming to 15 Delisle Ave., located just west of Yonge Street and Delisle Avenue. The park design will be determined through the community engagement process.
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The timeline is subject to change.
This project has been classified as an Involve project based on the International Association of Public Participation Public Participation Spectrum. This means we aim to work directly with the public throughout the process to ensure that public concerns and aspirations are consistently understood and considered in developing design options and identifying a preferred design.
In this phase of the community engagement process, the City worked with community members to define an overall draft vision statement for the park and a series of guiding principles which will guide the development of design options in Community Engagement Phase 2.
The New Park at 15 Delisle Ave. will be a green and calming space where people can connect with nature. The park will evoke a feeling of zen that is inviting and be a pleasant neighbourhood oasis where everyone in the community can spend time with friends, family and coworkers while enjoying a meal or drink. The park can host intimate community events and will create a sense of community and reduce anonymity. It will be beautiful, accessible, safe and welcoming to all while being resilient and easy to maintain.
The park design should have shade, a natural aesthetic and minimal paved surfaces. It should promote biodiversity and prioritize storm water management.
The park design should have plantings to promote a sense of calm, softness and zen that creates a more intimate separation from the busy streets. It should also mitigate wind and noise.
The park design should bring people together from all walks of life for many activities.
The park design should be an inviting place for neighbours, friends and multigenerational families who live or work in the neighbourhood.
The park design should feel inspired, innovative and well-executed.
To achieve a green and sustainable character, the design should:
To achieve a peaceful character, the design should:
To achieve an eventful character, the design should allow space for community activities such as yoga or seasonal art installations.
To achieve a social character, the design should:
To achieve a playful character, the design should:
The following big moves were suggested by one group but opposed by another:
On January 10, a virtual workshop took place that included a presentation from the project team about the project timeline, park context and a summary of the results of the online survey.
Twenty-three community members participated in small group activities where they revised the vision statement and suggested guiding principles and big moves. To help guide the conversation, the project team presented the five most popular answers to the question about park character in the December 2023 online thought exchange activity (green and sustainable; peaceful; eventful; social; and playful). The project team then asked participants to explain these park characters in more detail and discuss how they can be achieved. Draft big moves emerged from this discussion.
Download the January 2024 workshop presentation.
From November 27 to December 26, 143 people participated in an online thought exchange activity where they provided 119 ideas with 2,701 idea ratings.
Review a full summary of the results in the December 2023 thought exchange interactive report.
The following summarizes the most popular ideas collected in the activity, within the project scope.
Participants rated the following sentiments the highest when asked to complete the sentence, “The new park at 15 Delisle Ave. should be a place where…”
A summary of the feedback that scored over 30 per cent follows.
The preferred character for the new park was:
The most popular park uses were:
The preferred park features were:
On November 22, the project team met with 10 stakeholders, including members from the Deer Park Resident’s Group and the Condo Board at 33 Delisle Ave. The project team presented the project timeline and community engagement plan, followed by a discussion where stakeholders shared their broad vision for the park.
In this phase of the community engagement process, the City and its design consultant worked off the outcomes of Community Engagement Phase 1 to develop two design options for the new park. These were presented to the community for feedback, which will be used to develop a preferred design for the park.
The anticipated outcome of this phase is the selection of a preferred design.
From June 29 to August 30, an online survey collected feedback on the two design options.
A summary of the feedback will be posted on this page as soon as it is available.
On July 15, the project team hosted a pop-up event at the corner of St. Clair Avenue West and Yonge Street from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to share information about the design options and collect community feedback.
On June 26, a virtual public meeting took place to provide project information and discuss design options for the new park with the community.
In this phase of the community engagement process, the City will share the preferred design with the community. When the preferred design is confirmed, the project will move into the detail design phase, where the design team will finalize the design by working through the technical details and developing detailed plans and drawings for the construction contractor.
The community engagement activities anticipated in this phase will be shared later.
