Tyler Richardson, an organizer for the 2009 Canada Summer Games, presented options at a public meeting on October 5th for adding two additional tennis courts in Victoria Park in order to achieve the minimum eight required for the Games’ tennis venue. In the end, both options as presented were fairly universally rejected — for various reasons — by the crowd in attendance. A commitment was made to go back to the drawing board and consider some of the many good suggestions that were made. Thanks to Nigel Armstrong from the Guardian for capturing the event on video.
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I was at that meeting and the crowd seemed to divide into two camps: too much and not enough. I would count myself in the former camp and or the very reason one presenter outlined: where does it stop?
What if someone wants to have another kind of sporting event which we can only have if we add some other kind of facility to the park? And another…and another…
The very excellent report on Charlottetown’s parks recognized that the park had to be a balance between a natural refuge and a place for sporting events. And it very sensibly suggested moving a few things out of the park to re=establish that balance. The Parks and Rec department has done some excellent work to restore some of the natural wild plants and trees. But that hasn’t tipped the balance so far that there is now room to start building recreational facilities again.
People don’t need recreational facilities to attract them to Victoria Park. They go for the reasons Victoria Park was originally byuild – to experience nature and for some peace and quiet. I don’t believe that “facilities that will allow us to hold national championships” is a part of the park’s mandate. And I think, with the Canada Games looming, that council is being held to the wall. Here’s my question:
if you okay this, what’s next?