Community Park is a stadium in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is primarily used for baseball and was the home of the St. Catharines Blue Jays (Stompers from 1996 to 1999) of the New York - Penn League. It is now home park for the Niagara Metros of the Central Ontario Baseball League (a senior AAA men's baseball league). The ballpark has a capacity of 2,000 (and originally 2,500) and Brock Badgers Baseball (Brock University).
History
The current field and grandstand was opened in 1986 during the first seasons for the Blue Jays. The stadium was built or reconfigured from the former Merritton Community Park baseball field from 1960s.
The park was originally called Merritton Baseball Field and now referred to as George Taylor Field renamed in honour of Merritton native and former St. Catharines Blue Jays/Stompers groundskeeper George (Clickey) Taylor.
Mary Cohen leads community members in song during a Trans Day of Visibility Rally at College GreenPark in Iowa City on Monday ...Community members applaud during a Trans Day of Visibility Rally at College Green Park in Iowa City on Monday.
In February, the park board proposed a new design that would see the current 50-metre lap pool reduced to 25 metres. ...Following community pushback, plans were paused and sent back to staff for a more detailed decision.
Other priorities include revitalizing neighborhoods by championing small business growth through grant programs, enhancing public safety through community policing initiatives, and improving infrastructure, such as streets, sidewalks and parks.
Early assistance – application. Address...Development would take place over an existing parking lot and not generate new impervious areas ... There would be a double-loaded corridor and a ground-floor community space. There would be on-site surface parking ... .
These projects are designed to significantly enhance community parks, recreational facilities, and public spaces, improving the well-being and experience of residents and visitors.
The Master Plan will help guide investments in parks, greenways, community centers and programming over the next decade ... In addition to the in-depth community survey, the site features an interactive ...
Furthermore, the city has not yet identified funding for a bike park and may not own a feasible site, said DeanKlinger, community services director ... structures.Space to host community events.
... community ... “The Board shall stimulate civic pride and promote community involvement in order to enhance the aesthetic appearance of all city-owned parks,” according to the draft ordinance.
She said Chamber and community partners had been out to the park to see the the mini golf course being built from the ground up ... this park for the community first,” he told the crowd at the ceremony.
... following two stages of consultation, with changes including the provision of live event spaces as well as a market hall, more community and green spaces, and more parking spaces in the Travel Hub.
The community asked that the building stay. “I've never had many communities tell us we want less parking,” said Randy Wertheimer, CEO of the Farmington Hills-based company ... fabric of the community.”.
... Stopford Park ... “Stopford Park is going to be an exciting space for a new community to live, work and socialise and we’re pleased to be making such good progress with both of our construction teams.”.