October 2019 At the time of writing (early September), construction was just beginning on the bicycle pump track portion of the Flint Park Revitalization. City crews are stripping and grading the site prior to our contractor “Bike-Track LTD” starting to shape the berms and rollers and then finishing them with asphalt. Construction should be wrapping […]
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Flint Park Revitalization Update October 2019
October 3, 2019 by news
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Flint Park Pump Track Update
September 10, 2019 by news
September 2019 As you may have noticed, there is now an orange fence around the Flint Park build site, but no work has been done yet. The reason for that is the start of construction on the pump track has been delayed until September 9th. This is about 3 weeks later than we had hoped […]
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City of Calgary provides 8038 Fairmount Drive Site – Community Update
September 6, 2019 by news
The City of Calgary has provided an update regarding the 8038 Fairmount Drive site. September 2019 On February 20, 2018 the Fairview Arena roof collapsed. The document provides an overview of what has been taking place since and what is planned next for the site. Click here to view the entire pdf document.
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Masterplan for the Flint Park Revitalization
May 5, 2019 by Fairview Office
At last, here is the completed Masterplan for the Flint Park Revitalization: Members of the Fairview Community Association board, as well as a committee of residents have been hard at work this Winter and Spring to come up with an awesome idea of how to transform the under-utilized area at the Southwest end of Flint […]
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Arena Site Update
April 5, 2019 by news
June 2019 SAWHA / FWHAS The Southern Alberta Women’s Hockey Association and the Fairview Women’s Hockey Arena Society continue to work with the City of Calgary on final stages of site remediation and next steps. Back filling, compaction testing, and hydro seeding of the lands directly east of the community building commenced mid-May. We would […]
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Fairview Community Building Update
November 11, 2018 by news
February 2019 As of January 10, 2019, we have no further update regarding the arena site. December 2019 Arena & Indefinite Arts Centre Update As of November 8, there have been no significant updates since the September 20 stakeholders meeting. We hope to receive more updates and timelines from the City in time for […]
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Flint Park Update – November 2018
November 4, 2018 by news
“Bocce and BBQ,” our community engagement event was held on June 2nd, 2018. There was a very positive vibe from community members at the event and a lot of great feedback was provided as to how to revitalize the park space at the South-West end of the Flint Park Dog Park. Once all the feedback […]
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Be an Off-Leash Ambassador!
November 3, 2017 by President
The City of Calgary is currently recruiting volunteers to participate in the Off-Leash Ambassador program. The Off-Leash Ambassador program is an innovative approach with a volunteer-based, citizen-led initiative to promote responsible pet ownership in Calgary’s 150 off-leash parks. Volunteers in the program will: Promote responsible pet ownership, positive pet interactions and safety in off-leash areas […]
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Fawn Playground Plans
October 9, 2016 by President
Fawn Playground Update After much deliberation, reworkings and funding discussion, final plans for the Fawn playground have been finally sorted out! This proved to be by far our most challenging playground. First, its size – Fawn Park it our smallest footprint. Thankfully when the city came and did park improvements they were able to move […]
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