Windermere ASP Consolidation - City of Edmonton

Neighbourhood Park
The Windermere Area Structure Plan provides an array of open
space opportunities supportive of the overall community vision,
Future School Sites Study and Model, and City of Edmonton
Suburban Neighbourhood Design Principles. The number of
Neighbourhood Parks in Windermere contributes to resident
positive health (e.g. passive / active recreation), alternative
transportation options (e.g. walking, cycling) and enjoyment of
high quality of life.
The location of Neighbourhood Parks throughout the plan further
enhances development timing and delivery of services capable of
responding to the community’s changing needs (see Figure 8.0).
These have been further designed to encourage walkable,
convenient and safe educational and recreational opportunities
within the community.
Future opportunity exists for Neighbourhood
Parks to be transformed into future school sites
(i.e. CKCs) should the demand warrant it.
Windermere supports the Future Schools Site
Study’s Vision and Model concept that community
facilities and services should be adaptive and
flexible to future needs of the community.
Accordingly, a series of Neighbourhood Parks
have been strategically located within each
community catchment area to optimally serve the
recreational / social / educational needs of
Windermere residents.
The integration of the Neighbourhood Park
concept within the ASP facilitates a number of
suburban neighbourhood design principles and
immediate benefits including:
Smaller focal points
provide local
convenience and
amenities as well as a shared public amenity (unique
or specialized sites may provide for interneighbourhood
focal points);
A variety of parks encourage a diverse range of uses
further enhancing open space and educational
opportunities;
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