Winter in both Willowfield Gardens Park and Terraview Park still are full of life; dogs are out for a walk and people are walking through the park on the way to or from home.
This past week, I took the long way home and walked the length of the park taking pictures, enjoying the sunset and wondering when the frigid cold will cease and snow would eventually melt for spring to come. It was nice (albeit cold) to follow the path worn down by foot and paw prints from start to end.
Next week, planning for our new friends group is going to take a big step forward as we speak with City staff, begin contacting other people interested in joining the group and planning for our first meeting gets underway.
Parks have a unifying affect on the communities they reside in. They are a place where neighbour meets neighbour, those living on one street meet those living on another and makes it somehow easier for people to give a passing “hello” with a smile in the grocery store. Healthy parks sow the seeds for community pride and create vibrant, active neighbourhoods in our City. Many of us use our parks and I hope that our new group helps us make a great place to live even better.
By next week, we should have made more progress on formalizing our group with a meeting planned for mid-March to strike up a Steering Committee and to speak with the Park Supervisor. Spring will arrive in three weeks and with warmer weather on the way (hopefully sooner rather than later) and with any luck, we’ll have the splash pad up and running at Terraview before we know it.
Terraview and Willowfield Gardens Park Friends 