Alex Decoteau Park - 105st / 102ave - Page 16

s4.audios · #**301** Posted **Jul 27, 2017, 4:19 PM**

This has turned out so nice, can't wait to check it out.

Coldrsx · #**302** Posted **Jul 27, 2017, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFwDstLUAAEY-eF.jpg:large
B.ike on C2E

Agreed. A good balance of use opportunities, lots of green, lots of potential neighbourhood interaction.

mintzilla · #**303** Posted **Jul 27, 2017, 4:25 PM**

What is in the top right in that picture?

Also are there any bike racks. This seems like it would be a hi visibility area with the park and the perfect place to lock up a bike without fear of theft (limited fear anyways)

Coldrsx · #**304** Posted **Jul 27, 2017, 5:35 PM**

Garden shed for storage and water.

There will be, yes.

GreenSPACE · #**305** Posted **Jul 27, 2017, 5:40 PM**

^Do you mean the community garden/garden shed?

Haven't seen bike racks yet but I'd assume they're coming. I can follow up.

GreenSPACE · #**306** Posted **Jul 27, 2017, 5:40 PM**

City is doing a walk through today and identifying any deficiencies.

Urban recluse · #**307** Posted **Jul 28, 2017, 7:31 PM**

Too much concrete?

McBoo · #**308** Posted **Jul 28, 2017, 9:27 PM**

LOL, too late for compensation for design deficiencies!

Waiting to see how it plays out when the fences come down.

Black Star · #**309** Posted **Jul 28, 2017, 10:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urban recluse

Too much concrete?

Mmmm...Id say a little to much. Its a park. I equate a park with grass dammit lol.

Still looks great tho.....

Coldrsx · #**310** Posted **Aug 1, 2017, 1:37 AM**

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Coldrsx · #**311** Posted **Aug 2, 2017, 10:55 PM**

http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonto...-30-years.html

GreenSPACE · #**312** Posted **Aug 8, 2017, 10:31 PM**

https://twitter.com/chrisbuyze/statu...595972/photo/1

Coldrsx · #**313** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 8:40 PM**

CornFest 2017 is this Saturday, 11-3 at the new Alex Decoteau Park! Free local corn-on-the-cob, dog off-leash and kids activities!

Coldrsx · #**314** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 8:45 PM**

Corn Fest at Alex Decoteau Park
September 7, 2017

Media are invited to Alex Decoteau Park to celebrate with the community during Downtown Edmonton Community League’s annual Corn Fest.

This event provides the first opportunity to photograph the new park with the fences removed. Martina Gardiner, Director of Open Space Delivery and Landscape Architect for this project, will be available to speak to the design and construction of the park.

Date: September 9, 2017
Time: noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Alex Decoteau Park (northwest corner of 105 Street and 102 Avenue)

Note: Martina will station herself on the west side of the park at the dog park entrance.

This is a community-led event. The official grand opening and formal dedication ceremony of Alex Decoteau Park is on September 16, 2017.

For more information:
For more information about this park project, visit edmonton.ca/alexdecoteaupark

Information about Corn Fest is available on the Downtown Edmonton Community League Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/338241873269833/

Media contact:
Claire Harvey
Communications Advisor
780-868-4382

Martina Gardiner
Director, Open Space Delivery
780-919-3840

Coldrsx · #**315** Posted **Sep 9, 2017, 11:46 PM**

What an amazing day.

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itom 987 · #**316** Posted **Sep 9, 2017, 11:54 PM**

Those photos show a huge change, this is the first time I have seen kids and families in that area of the city.

Coldrsx · #**317** Posted **Sep 9, 2017, 11:55 PM**

It was incredible and will be transformational. SO many neighbours meeting neighbours, families chatting, kids playing everywhere.

Coldrsx · #**318** Posted **Sep 10, 2017, 12:03 AM**

Edmonton's new downtown park to honour nation's first Indigenous police officer

Alex Decoteau was First World War hero and represented Canada at 1912 Olympics

By Gareth Hampshire, CBC News

The steel security fences will come down Saturday to reveal a new downtown park, built in honour of one of Edmonton's most extraordinary former residents.

It will be the first chance for people to walk inside Alex Decoteau Park at 105th Street and 102nd Avenue.

Killed in 1917 during the Second Battle of Passchendaele, Decoteau's legacy continues to inspire Canadians a century later.

He represented Canada at the 1912 Olympics as a long distance runner, and served in the First World War.

But he is perhaps best known as the first Indigenous police officer in the country.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmont...281221?cmp=rss

Coldrsx · #**319** Posted **Sep 10, 2017, 12:13 AM**

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Coldrsx · #**320** Posted **Sep 10, 2017, 4:39 PM**

Monster & I having a play in our new backyard.

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