March is Community Awareness Month

As proclaimed by Mayor Nenshi, March is Community Association Awareness Month! Mayor Nenshi proclaims the entire month of March as Community Association Awareness Month! There are 152 community associations in Calgary providing communities with recreational programming, community gardens, after-school programming and other important initiatives. Our community associations also offer residents opportunities to be engaged with […]

Flavelle Adopt-A-Rink Update

March 2024 What a season for our rink! There have been lots of opportunities for Jason Mohler, our new rink master, to learn more about the freeze/thaw cycles on the outdoor rinks and the patching and upkeep that is needed! Cheers to our volunteers, and all the people who have shovelled after the snow, moved […]

Light Up Fairview

Fairview Christmas Light Count 2023 Results Our “elves” were out once again in mid to late December to see which Fairview street was the most festive. We counted each house with just about any type of outdoor Christmas decoration. Last year’s winners of 71st ave and 78th ave were well represented again this year but […]

Found In Fairview January 2024

Found in Fairview  Working Dog – Part 3 Take your mind back to the spring, warm weather, budding flowers, and Dexter!  The guide dog in training for CNIB.  Likely, you saw Melody, Dave or one of the kids walking him around, training him and getting him ready for his next adventure – a move to […]

Bowling with Santa 2023

January 2024 On Sunday December 10, 2023 the FCA hosted Bowling with Santa at Toppler Bowl. The event was well attended with over 60 bowlers and many kids who had a chance to visit with Santa. We were fortunate to have received funding from Ward Community Event Fund, which allowed us to send all the […]

Sparking Lot (Fairview Park)

January 2024   November 2023 Sparking Lot Update – The Ping Pong Table has arrived for folks to use! We will be supplying a few ping pong paddles and balls. Please keep them with the ping pong table for everyone to enjoy! The Temporary Structure Development permit has been approved and is in the advertising […]

Fairview Wildlife

November 2023 In the City of Calgary, we are blessed with an abundance of parks, natural areas, river valleys and green spaces.  These areas are not only attractive to the citizens of our city, but also to our urban wildlife. Animals such as badgers, deer, skunks, bobcats and coyotes are a fact of life in […]

Casino Night – October 26 & 27, 2023

Casino Night Fundraiser – Elbow River Casino October 26 & 27, 2023 Fairview Community Association (FCA) is hosting a casino fundraiser on October 26 and 27, 2023 at the Elbow River Casino. The FCA and community volunteers fill various roles at the casino over the 2 day fundraiser, where a portion of the revenue is […]

Found in Fairview October 2023

The other day I popped into Toppler Bowl.  Of course, I’d been there before, but this time I was walking in to meet four of the Canadian National Champions!  Mikayla, Marcello, Ryan, and Oliver took their bowling skills to Regina this May and they all came back Champions. Marcello had to work, so unfortunately, I […]