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Kitchener plans playground replacement in eight city parks
by Helen Hall
Kitchener Citizen
January 17, 2013
The City of Kitchener has budgeted $100,000 this year to replace aging playground equipment in Kitchener parks and public spaces.
City of Kitchener Landscape Architectural Intern Yvonne Westerveld Cardoso is collecting comments from residents before scheduling the replacement of equipment at the following parks:
Breithaupt Park in the Fairfield community
Cedarhill Park in the Country Hills community
Greengable Park in the Highland West community
Knollwood Park in the Auditorium community
Pioneer Park in the Pioneer Park community
Prospect Park in the Stanley Park community
Westchester Park in the Grand River North community
Westwood Park in the Westmount community
Cardoso said these playgrounds are made of “predominately old wooden structures.”
Cardoso said previously the city didn’t annually budget funds for playground replacement, even though it was an ongoing process.
“This allows us to be more organized in how we do it,” she said.
She is hoping residents will get back to her with their comments about what they would like to see in their neighbourhood parks.
“Instead of replacing it with exactly what is already there, this is a time when we could make a change,” she said.
She said the city will look at the demographics in the neighbourhood to help them determine what age group should be targeted with the new equipment.
Please send your questions or comments to Cardoso at 519-741-2600 x4216 or by email at Yvonne.WesterveldCardoso@kitchener.ca
Kitchener Citizen
January 17, 2013
The City of Kitchener has budgeted $100,000 this year to replace aging playground equipment in Kitchener parks and public spaces.
City of Kitchener Landscape Architectural Intern Yvonne Westerveld Cardoso is collecting comments from residents before scheduling the replacement of equipment at the following parks:
Breithaupt Park in the Fairfield community
Cedarhill Park in the Country Hills community
Greengable Park in the Highland West community
Knollwood Park in the Auditorium community
Pioneer Park in the Pioneer Park community
Prospect Park in the Stanley Park community
Westchester Park in the Grand River North community
Westwood Park in the Westmount community
Cardoso said these playgrounds are made of “predominately old wooden structures.”
Cardoso said previously the city didn’t annually budget funds for playground replacement, even though it was an ongoing process.
“This allows us to be more organized in how we do it,” she said.
She is hoping residents will get back to her with their comments about what they would like to see in their neighbourhood parks.
“Instead of replacing it with exactly what is already there, this is a time when we could make a change,” she said.
She said the city will look at the demographics in the neighbourhood to help them determine what age group should be targeted with the new equipment.
Please send your questions or comments to Cardoso at 519-741-2600 x4216 or by email at Yvonne.WesterveldCardoso@kitchener.ca