The City of Kelowna is creating a City Parks Master Plan to guide the expansion, development, and operations of our parks system as the City grows. The Master Plan will deliver a framework to guide Council and City Administration in making both long-range and short-term decisions about the parks system. It will also provide the financial strategy needed to support and sustain the City’s portfolios of parks, open spaces and natural areas over the next 10 years.

In summary, the final Master Plan will:

• Set the City municipal parks planning direction
• Reflect on City’s parks portfolio to date
• Identify trends and evaluate City-wide needs, priorities, and opportunities
• Define existing and best level of service standards
• Provide a phased implementation strategy for improving existing parks and public shorelines, unfunded but Council-approved parks as well as the acquisition, location, and/or development of future parks.

Phase 1 of the City Parks Master Plan was focused on reviewing the existing parks system, how it is used by the community, and what the city-wide priorities should be for the overall parks system. At the end of Phase 1, the project team created the overall vision, goals, and objectives for the parks system which will serve as the framework of the plan.

The second phase of the project includes more in-depth analysis and engagement within the City’s five growth areas (City Centre, South Pandosy, Capri-Landmark, Rutland, and Midtown) on local gaps and priorities for the parks system. Please take some time to fill in the survey and drop a pin on the map to help inform a plan to guide the future of our treasured park system for years to come.