The Disc Golf Committee has completed it’s community outreach efforts. On June the 26th an open house and clinic was held on site. We had over thirty participants and our councillor also attended. He walked the course with one of our members and at the end said he did...
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The Native Species Parkland Project (29 years later)
Rick Wierzbicki At the Edgemont Community Association Annual General Meeting reference was made to the unmanicured slopes around our community centre, (the “Parkland Project”) and elsewhere in the community. I would like to share with you a bit of history of the...
The Edgemont Ice Rink: A Place of Joy
If you drove by the Edgemont Rink this September, you would have noted that security fencing was up again, and the rink boards were absent. There have been some problems with the product used by the installer 3 years ago. Because the installer has declared bankruptcy,...
Back In the Day: ECA and Edgemont School Remain a Strong Partnership
Almost thirty years ago, about the time Edgemont Community Association volunteers had raised the funds to build a Community Centre, the CBE announced that our lobbying and population had earned us an elementary school. The ECA Board approached the CBE to discuss...
Back in the Day – Nose Hill Park
Nose Hill Park: things you might not know From the 1940s on Citizens mobilize for Parks The Local Council of Women, Federation of Calgary Communities and other groups lobbied the City and the Province for years to establish both Fish Creek and Nose Hill as...
Stories of Our Culture: Navaratri and Diwali
By Vishal K Dalal – ECA Director In the October issue of the Inside Edgemont President's message, Bill Kirk invited us to share our stories and experiences that have shaped us in these challenging times and asked us how we continue to see a brighter side and move...