Contacts
About this project
The City of Pickering is embarking on the development of a new Recreation & Parks 10-Year Plan that will provide direction and guidance with respect to Recreation and Parks planning for the next ten-year time horizon – 2024-2034. The plan will provide direction for managing parks and recreation programs, the efficient delivery of services, and the development of new or the renewal of existing infrastructure to support our growing community.
Much has changed in our community since the last Plan was approved by Council in 2017. View the PDF file.
With Seaton just around the corner, planning now is more important than ever!
Arena Strategy: This process also involves the development of a separate Arena Strategy to ensure that we are planning well for our ice and arena user groups which will include a thorough examination of our existing facilities. This component of the project will be advanced to ensure that infrastructure planning can be considered within the planning of new facilities for Seaton.
Location
City of Pickering
Facility Highlights
The City of Pickering owns and operates a number of Recreation & Community Centres in the community, including the Chestnut Hill Development Recreation Complex and Arena Facility, George Ashe Community Centre, East Shore Community Centre, Don Beer Arena and the Pickering Museum Village. Additionally, new facilities are being planned to support our continued growth including a new Youth & Seniors Centre and Library facility adjacent to City Hall in downtown Pickering, a new multi-faceted Community Centre for the Seaton Community and a new Pickering Heritage Centre.
To compliment this infrastructure, the City manages a large number of parks and active outdoor sport and leisure facilities for the enjoyment of year-around outdoor activities. This includes over 85 parks and green spaces, including a beautiful waterfront, spray pads, skateboard parks, playgrounds, tennis and pickleball courts, ball diamonds and soccer fields, cricket fields, beach volleyball, off-leash dog parks, lawn bowling greens, community gardens, an interconnected trail system and much more.
Latest Updates
The project kicked off in August 2023 and will conclude in June 2024. The City is pleased to be working with Monteith Brown Planning Consultants (MBPC). MBPC completed the 2017 Recreation & Parks Master Plan also.
| 2023 |
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July-September 2023 Phase 1: Project Initiation & Internal Consultation
August-October 2023 Phase 2: Situational Analysis, including Research & Data Collection
November 2023 Phase 3: Community Consultation |
| 2024 |
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December 2023- March 2024 Phase 4: Plan Development & Council Approval on the Arena Strategy
April-June 2024 Phase 5: Plan Finalization & Council Approval
July 2024 |
Related Documents
Community Consultation
Visit LetsTalkPickering.ca/RPMP for the latest opportunities.
Contacts
Marilou Murray
Manager, Community Services
City of Pickering
Phone: 905.420.4660 ext. 3249
2017 Recreation and Parks Master Plan |
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Recreation and parks facilities, programs, and services play a vital role in our community and in the lives of our residents. A Recreation & Parks Master Plan provides the City with up-to-date insight on community needs, and effective ways to deliver programs and services over the next 10 years. The Master Plan is an update to the 2002 Recreation & Parks Master Plan. After extensive community consultation, the Recreation & Parks Master Plan with Executive Summary and Skateboard Park Strategy with Executive Summary were finalized and subsequently approved by Pickering Council on January 15, 2018 (as per Council Resolution #389/18). Thank you to everyone who participated in this very important process for the City of Pickering! The input received from the public and stakeholders throughout this process has helped shape the development of the Recreation & Parks Master Plan and Skateboard Park Strategy. |