Are you ready for some exciting, free, family fun right here in Fairview? Our community’s premiere annual event is coming Friday, September 8th. Fun begins at 6:00pm, movie starts at sunset, Admission is free! Be sure to bring your own lawn chairs, blankets and bug spray. This year’s movie is “Elemental”. We have some great […]
Meet My Pet: Mac
July 15, 2023 by
July 2023 MacGyver Von Floof, or “Mac” as he is now known, came to live with Clara, Liam, and Charlie’s family about 2 years ago. Mac was born on the Stampede Midway* and was originally called Deep Fried Mac and Cheese Balls**. This family of 5 had a cat before and were ready to try […]
Spring Fling Volunteer Appreciation
July 15, 2023 by
July 2023 The community would like to extend a huge thank you to all our Spring Fling Volunteers, many who come out each year to help clean up our community! We couldn’t do this without all your helping hands. This year, we would like to send a special thank-you to Randy! Randy has been volunteering […]
Paint the Pavement
May 1, 2023 by
May 2023 At the last Fairview AGM, we put a call out for people to help with “Paint the Pavement”. One late October weekend around 20 volunteers got together to express their creativity, visit together and play a part in creating safer streets. The finished painting was briefly shown in the newsletter before the snow […]
Heritage Communities Local Area Plan Update
January 11, 2023 by
January 2023 It’s been over three years (thanks, Covid!) since consultation began on the Heritage Communities Local Area Plan (LAP), and the final draft of the plan is finally almost finished. In September 2019, city planners convened with community association representatives and local residents from each of the involved neighbourhoods (Kelvin Grove, Eagle Ridge, Chinook […]
Meet My Pet: Nia
January 11, 2023 by
December 2022 Ryder has the most adorable, fluffy, energetic Pomsky dog. A Pomsky, in case you aren’t sure, is a Pomeranian Husky. Her name is Nia, and she is nearly four years old. Nia was born in Edmonton and is from a breeder. Ryder’s family went and picked her up when she was eight weeks […]
Fairview Paints the Pavement
January 11, 2023 by
December 2022 At the end of October, some of your neighbours got together for a painting party! Fairview Board member and organizer, Alicia Davis, received #ActivateYYC funding towards initiatives that transform space into place, promote movement, safety, and neighbourliness. It is a program of the Federation of Calgary Communities. She used this grant towards a […]
Blackfoot Road Work
November 19, 2022 by
November 2022 Submitted by Michelle Stensrud I went out at lunch today for a nice romantic walk with the cutest 40 year old I know. Actually, it was a fact-finding mission that I tricked my husband into coming on. For months there have been lane closures and detours while they are digging up of the […]
Found in Fairview November 2022
November 19, 2022 by
In 1973, Paul and Joyce moved to Fairview. Paul was the assistant principal at Fairview school. They bought their first house on Fraser Drive and lived there until 1978, when one of Paul’s students came over and told him about a bigger house for sale on Flavelle Road. The bigger house was perfect for their […]