As a part of the That is My Neighbourhood initiative, we labored with communities round Calgary to establish methods to assist make metropolis neighbourhoods an excellent higher place to stay, work and play.
“After we requested residents, in taking part communities, what would make their neighbourhoods even higher, all of them talked about spray parks,” defined That is My Neighbourhood coordinator Katie Thorpe. “As The Metropolis can’t construct full, everlasting spray parks in all neighbourhoods, Calgary Hearth had the inventive thought to make use of present fireplace hydrants to deliver pop-up spray parks to them.”
Shelley Steele, neighborhood security officer with Calgary Hearth, helped get the thought off the bottom. She and her crew noticed this as the right alternative to interact Group Security Officers and Hearth crews with kids and households throughout town in a enjoyable, distinctive and academic means.
“Our Hearth Division is happy with our partnership with all these concerned with That is My Neighbourhood,” says Steele. “The children adore it as a result of they see our firefighters getting concerned in a enjoyable exercise, not an emergency scenario. What began for instance of what we might do become one thing that we’re doing and it’s all about engagement.”
As a part of the enjoyable, employees from the Calgary Hearth Division additionally take a second to the touch on key fireplace security.
Youngsters in Abbeydale, Thorncliffe/Greenview and Millican Ogden acquired to check out the spray park over the previous few weeks and a there are just a few extra dates to come back within the neighbourhoods of Chaparral and Glendale.
It is a smart way for folks within the neighbourhood, youngsters and adults alike, to come back out and play collectively. Having enjoyable and attending to know one another is a vital a part of creating vibrant and linked communities with deeper implications than a enjoyable approach to cool off on a sizzling day.
Easy, enjoyable actions like pop-up spray parks may also help kind connections. Robust and linked communities result in various social and neighborhood advantages together with diminished isolation, improved well being and native vibrancy.
When communities thrive, the individuals who stay there thrive too.
- Chaparral: Saturday August 25, 1-3 p.m., Chaparral Valley Sq. Inexperienced Area
- Glendale: Saturday September 8, 1-4 p.m., Optimist Athletic Park
For extra on different initiatives occurring in neighbourhoods throughout Calgary take a look at Calgary.ca/TIMN.
