Help shape a vision for the new park by sharing your ideas and rating the ideas of others in an interactive thought exchange activity. You can also apply to join the Community Working Group, which will help guide the development of the park design. The activity and the application close on April 13, 2026.
A new 2,200m2 park (about the size of five NBA basketball courts) is coming to 200 Sterling Rd, at the corner of Sterling Road and Perth Avenue. The park design and amenities will be shaped through community engagement.
The timeline is subject to change.
Join the conversation by sharing your ideas and rating the ideas of others in an interactive thought exchange activity about a vision for the new park.
Community members and representatives of local community groups are invited to apply to join the Community Working Group (CWG) for the project. The CWG will be formed through a modified civic lottery, an emerging democratic best practice that is increasingly used in Canada and internationally to create representative bodies of citizens/resident advisors to governments.
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This project has been classified as a Collaborate project based on the International Association of Public Participation Spectrum. This means we aim to partner with the public and stakeholders in each aspect of the design process for the new park, including the development of design options and the identification of a preferred design.
This project will have a Community Working Group (CWG) made up of representatives of the local community and identified stakeholder groups. The CWG will offer feedback and guidance to the project team at key points during the community engagement process, meeting one to two times per phase. They have an advisory role and do not make decisions or represent the whole community.
The CWG will be formed through a modified civic lottery, an emerging democratic best practice that is increasingly used in Canada and internationally to create representative bodies of citizens/resident advisors to governments.
In this phase, the project team will collect feedback from the community and Community Working Group to develop a vision statement, guiding principles and big moves that will then guide the development of design options in Community Engagement Phase 2.
The community engagement activities anticipated in this phase include:
The vision is co-created with the community to describe the ideal future park. It is a big-picture statement that should inspire everyone toward a common understanding of the project’s overall goals and objectives.
The guiding principles are high-level directions that reflect the community’s most important values and ideas for how the park should look and feel. They help to clarify the vision statement and guide how the park should be designed by describing the desired outcomes.
The big moves communicate the main priorities of both the community and the City for the design of the park. They are specific directions for how the physical design can achieve the vision and guiding principles.
In this phase, the project team will work off the outcomes of Community Engagement Phase 1 to develop two or three design options for the new park. These will be presented to the community for feedback, which will be used to develop a preferred design for the new park.
The anticipated outcome of this phase is the selection of a preferred design.
In this phase, the project team will share the preferred design with the community on this page and those subscribed to the project mailing list. The project will then move into the detailed design phase, where the design team will work through the technical details and plans for the construction contractor.
The anticipated outcome of this phase is a refined preferred design.
