07-25-2016, 11:53 AM
I’m really curious to see what the proposals for that park are. As noted in the article, it’s pretty isolated from Guelph Street, and not much of a draw. Even with the community garden now, there usually seems to be no one around.
George Lippert on the other side of Weber has been given the same treatment with a survey, and then multiple proposals that went to the community for review. It seemed like a good process. One of the big asks from the neighbourhood was some sort of a water feature for kids. That was ruled out for pretty good reasoning (the cost!), but I got the sense that suggestions were at least considered. I would expect the requests for Guelph Street would be similar- Duke Street Park is not far away, but even with that Mount Hope doesn’t have a lot of spaces for kids.
George Lippert on the other side of Weber has been given the same treatment with a survey, and then multiple proposals that went to the community for review. It seemed like a good process. One of the big asks from the neighbourhood was some sort of a water feature for kids. That was ruled out for pretty good reasoning (the cost!), but I got the sense that suggestions were at least considered. I would expect the requests for Guelph Street would be similar- Duke Street Park is not far away, but even with that Mount Hope doesn’t have a lot of spaces for kids.