Calgary's Douglas Fir Trail is known for its spectacular views.
Five park projects that have been identified in a new report could be the last the city completes through its Legacy Park Program, which lost its main source of funding last year.A view of Calgary's Edworthy Park along the Bow River. That park, along with a dozen others, could be left without funding for upgrades if the city's Legacy Parks Program is not reinstated. Calgary's northeast community of Marlborough Park has been waiting years to upgrade its main neighborhood park.
That's because Big Marlborough, as the green space is known, is one of five park projects the City of Calgary has confirmed funding for through its Legacy Parks Program into 2025.The money in the Legacy Parks Program is set to run out, meaning a dozen other park projects still on the city's to-do list will have no means of being completed, unless an alternative source of funding is found.
The report notes the five projects are part of the city's aim to have a "destination park" — parks that have many amenities, are multi-functional and are places where people will spend at least 20 minutes — within five kilometres or a 10-minute drive from all households in Calgary. Leslie Evans, executive director with the Federation of Calgary Communities, said that while larger destination parks are needed, smaller more 'local' green spaces within walking distance of people's homes are also in demand.
Without city action, Evans said, communities do step up to the plate to take matters into their own hands. It says the program has invested $177.5 million in parks, equating to 43 per cent of the total budget for destination parks.
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