Flint playground build – a community who builds together, plays together

[nggallery id=17]   Flint Playground Build Well, it’s (almost) all done! Fairview’s Flint Playground Build was held on August 14-17th and what a great time it was! Read on for a breakdown of the weekend of playground building! The fun all started on Thursday evening with community volunteers unloading the delivery truck, sorting through the […]

Flint Park utility box art – the story behind the artist and the art

The Utility Box Public Art Program began in 2010 as a pilot project by the Roads department to reduce graffiti vandalism. It’s popularity across the city cemented it’s permanency in 2011 and over 100 boxes have been painted by local artists since its inception. As we mentioned in last month’s newsletter, the utility box in […]

Hillsboro Place Update

July 19th, 2014 Update: The Hillsboro Place meeting on June 12th at the Fairview Baptist Church saw about 35 people turnout including the property owner, property manager, traffic study team and Ward 9 Councillor Gian Carlo Carra. Many different concerns were discussed or addressed and the property owner and manager have committed to ensuring that […]

Flavelle Park upgrades completed!

[nggallery id=3]   After two years of extensive work on Flavelle Park and playground, we are very pleased to announce that all of the upgrades on this beautiful green space are complete as of mid-July, 2014! Please be sure to check out all the upgrades and use this park space to its fullest! If you […]

Fairview Parks Survey Results

The Fairview Parks Survey ended in mid-May and the results have been compiled. We had a participation rate of about 6% (although this sounds small, the City of Calgary had only about 2% for its recent It’s Your Budget feedback. Some of the highlights and common themes from the feedback included: the importance of off-leash […]

Interested in community gardening in Fairview?

May 2014 The Fairview Community Association has endorsed a community garden initiative in Fairview! A community garden is a shared piece of land gardened by a group of community residents from all walks of life.  Community gardens enhance the beauty of the area by creating a natural community space to grow food and flowers and […]

Flint Park Concept Plans

On October 30th, 2012 at the Fairview Community Association’s Special General Meeting, the City of Calgary unveiled preliminary concept plans for Flint Park. The plans include significant upgrades and changes to help improve the functionality, use and esthetics of this valuable green space. The plans were developed with input from residents through our Parks Survey […]

Flavelle Playground Build – Another Community Success!

[nggallery id=4] The Flavelle playground build on August 24th and 25th was a great success, although we did not have the weather on our side for the Friday morning! We would like to say an extra special thank you to those Penn West Exploration volunteers who came out and battled through the rain and our […]

A Short History on the Playground Committee

The regeneration of Fairview’s playgrounds was first envisioned out of the Conversations Fairview forums in September 2010 (led by former board member Lindsay Meads), where concerned residents gathered to share ideas on improving our community. After discussions with the City of Calgary we learned that, although Fairview’s playgrounds are aging and in some cases unsafe […]

Welcome back to Fairview!

The community of Fairview, established in the late 1950’s, is experiencing something of a renaissance. Once aging and deteriorating, in recent years we have witnessed a remarkable regeneration of our arena, former community association building turned community arts centre and school yards and a revival of our community association. We have welcomed many young families […]