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Vista Park opens in Avalon
Cumberland Ward Coun. Stephen Blais took his son, Stephen Jr., along with him to help officiate over the opening of the new- est addition to the growing Avalon subdivi- sion in Orléans. “Today I am happy to officially open Vista Park and welcome the community to this wonderful facility years ahead of schedule,”
stated Blais. “After being elected, I began working on securing the funding necessary to significantly expedite the building of this much-needed community park.” The $1.9 million neighbourhood park was built several years ahead of the original mu- nicipal planning schedule through a front- ending agreement Coun. Blais negotiated between the City of Ottawa and the Minto development group. The original schedule for a neighbour- hood park project in Avalon called for pub- lic consultation on a design concept in 2006 but municipal budget restrictions from the previous city council held up progress scheduling on the design stage until 2013. The agreement Blais worked out between the developer and the city allowed public consultation and design work to take place instead in 2011, two years ahead of the original schedule.
The new neighbourhood park includes a multi-use field for regulation soccer and high school football games, a mini-soccer field, a permanent asphalt and boarded rink for outdoor skating in winter and other recreational uses in spring and summer, a multi-use court for basketball in summer and a puddle rink in winter, junior and se- nior children play areas, various playground structures for children of all ages, a splash pad, multiple use paths for runners and roll- erbladers along with separate paths des- ignated for casual strolling, a skateboard park, benches and picnic tables, and natural landscaping. “Active children become healthier which leads them to do much better in school,” stated Coun. Blais. “Community parks like Vista Park will allow children to be ac- tive, close to home and inexpensively, 12 months of the year.”
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ORLÉANS | Kids have a new place to play and families a new place to gather for so- cial outings at Vista Park.
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Cumberland Ward Councillor Stephen Blais helps his son, Stephen Jr., climb up the mini rock wall setup for children, one of several features of the newVista Park project now open in the Avalon neighbourhood subdivision.
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