Public Service Announcement - Work Begins on Kiwanis Park Facilities

Meewasin begins work Monday June 14th on the new facilities in Kiwanis Memorial Park. The new facilties will include permanent all season washrooms, an accessible trail link from Spadina Crescent to the Meewasin Trail, and a portable warm up facility. They will be completed and open for the 2010/2011 skating season. The contractor for the project is VCM Construction Ltd with Kindrachuk Agrey Architecture and Crosby Hanna & Associates.

Friday, October 30, 2009, Meewasin announced that it was approved for funding for this new rink facility under the Recreational Infrastructure Government of Canada (RinC) Program. The Federal government committed $349,000 to the project and the Provincial government matched that amount. The entire project will cost $1.4 million.

The first Meewasin rink warm-up facility was designed by Holiday Scott Architects in 1980/81. 1982 was its first year of operation in Kiwanis Memorial Park. In the following years the facility served the Saskatoon community well with more 300,000 skaters from all parts of the world. One national magazine rated it as "The Best Outdoor Skating Spot in Canada". Over time however, the portable facility that served so well became old and tired and difficult to move. It was time for something new.

For more information contact Susan Lamb or Doug Porteous at Meewasin 665-6887
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