Yee-haw! Stampede is here! And with it, all the free pancakes you can imagine eating, all the cowboy hats you would ever want to see and that is just on Flavelle Road! Many years ago, when my teenager was a kidlet, lower Flavelle participated in Neighbour Day. It was fabulous! A fire truck showed up, […]
Qigong at Flavelle Park
June 23, 2023 by
The 60+ Collective will have a Qigong instructor come to Flavelle Park for 8 weeks THIS SUMMER! If you would like to participate please contact 60plus@fairviewcommunity.ca Qigong, pronounced “chi gong,” was developed in China thousands of years ago as part of traditional Chinese medicine.It involves using exercises to optimize energy within the body,mind, and spirit, […]
Met My Pet: Skunks
June 15, 2023 by
June 2023 A great thing about Fairview is the diversity of pets we have here. We’ve got cats, dogs, lizards, and those are just the ones I’ve met! But there are some that I haven’t had the opportunity to run into, and in this very specific case, I hope to not get too close! Rae […]
Fairview Beautification Committee
June 15, 2023 by
June 2023 The Faireview Community Association has received a generous grant from the Federation of Calgary Communities (FedYYC) to activate and energize a portion of Fairview Park. The Activating Spaces Grant is designed to help communities turn spaces into places! We have received the gift of some seating and a spinning puzzle tower to bring […]
Flavelle Rink Update – June 2023
June 15, 2023 by
June 2023 We had a great season of skating and hockey! I believe Fairview may have been the one of the last communities still skating so late into the season. There was an army (actually about 12) volunteers that came out for the take down of the boards and clean up. I can’t THANK YOU […]
Midtown Station Update
June 4, 2023 by
October 2023 On September 30, 2023 the developer of Midtown Station has submitted a Land Use Application Amendment (LOC) with the City of Calgary for the Midtown Station project. The application is currently under review and is accepting comments from residents until October 16, 2023. This amendment would change the zoning for future redevelopment of […]
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 […]
Found in Fairview March/April 2023
April 1, 2023 by
by Michelle Stensrud, Roving Reporter Do you wear a uniform to work? I don’t (unless you count PJs as a uniform), but this month’s resident does. Meet Dexter, a hardworking puppy. He wears a yellow jacket to work every day. He works so hard because when he grows up, he wants to be a guide […]
President’s Message
March 1, 2023 by
March 2023 Happy March Fairviewers! As we finalize our budget for the upcoming fiscal year (March 1, 2023, to February 29, 2024), I am reminded of the great events we have hosted in the past and hope to continue. Keeping events on the community association’s calendar, adapting events to changing circumstances, and creating all new […]
Found in Fairview January 2023
January 11, 2023 by
If you follow the Fairview Community Facebook page (www.facebook.com/fairviewyyc), you may have seen a post about an Ikebana workshop offered in December by Rika Saruwatari.I saw the photo in the post and I knew that I had to make one of those beautiful flower arrangements myself. In true procrastinator fashion, I signed up for the […]