City of Kelowna seeking public input for updates to Glenmore Park – Okanagan | 24CA News

The City of Kelowna is looking for public enter on how Glenmore Recreation Park must be up to date.

After years of planning, the park was opened in June 2021, with phases one by three going down. Those phases included two sports activities fields, a canine park, a cricket pitch, a parking zone and a stormwater detention pond.

“Those phases completed approximately half the park,” the town mentioned on Tuesday.

“The remaining work includes an artificial turf field, sport courts, restoration of the Agricultural Land Reserve buffer, a splash park, playground and other community park amenities.”

The public can have a say on how that work ought to proceed, mentioned the town.

“The Glenmore valley is a vibrant and dynamic neighbourhood, but as it does not yet have a community park, Glenmore Recreation Park will play a critical role,” mentioned metropolis park and panorama planner Melanie Steppuhn.

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“As both a community-level and recreation-level park, it will accommodate active sports and events, as well as community and wellness-based recreation to complement the existing park system, including other community recreation parks in Rutland, Mission and Parkinson Recreation Park.”

The metropolis says the design must be accomplished this yr, following public engagement, and that building is deliberate for 2024.

Two digital workshops are deliberate, together with a web-based survey. The workshops will happen on Jan. 25 and Jan. 26, each from 6:30 p.m. to eight:30 p.m.

Visit the town’s web site to take the survey or to enroll in the workshops.

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