Powerhouse Road Park Concept Plan

UPDATE

June 28th, 2023 

The Powerhouse Road Park Concept Plan was approved by Council on June 27th, 2023.

UPDATE 

March 27, 2023

Powerhouse Road Concept Plan - Public Feedback

THANK YOU to those that provided feedback on the Draft Powerhouse Road Park Concept Plan. The project team is in the process of reviewing the feedback and will be reporting the results to Council in April or May. The report will be provided on this webpage.

February 10, 2023

City staff will be presenting the concept plan to Council for information and discussion in March. Once Council reviews the concept, the intent is for the information to be published on this project page for public feedback. Thank you for your continued interest in this project!

Timeline: November 2022 to February 2023

About the Project

In June 2022, a 10-year Parks and Recreation Master Plan (PRMP) was adopted by Council. The PRMP provides strategic guidance for decisions related to municipal parks and recreation facilities and services to 2031. Strategies outlined in the PRMP aim to help the City achieve the vision set out in the Official Community Plan (OCP) of being “a supportive, vibrant community for those that live, work, and visit here today and in the future”.

Why are we doing this project?

Both the OCP and the PRMP engaged the community so that opportunities, strategies and priorities could be identified and actioned. The Powerhouse Road Park Concept Plan Project was identified as a Stage 1 implementation action in the PRMP and the City is now undertaking a concept planning process to design the park based on community engagement outcomes.

The PRMP identified the Powerhouse Road site as a community park. 

Location

Powerhouse Road Park is a .95ha (2.3 acre) site located in the South Revelstoke Neighbourhood, across from the Arrow Heights Neighbourhood on Illecillewaet Road on the north side adjacent to a bend of the Illecillewaet River.

What is a Park Concept Plan? 

A park concept plan provides visual ideas on how the different amenities of a park could be placed in the park area. It typically shows where open areas or natural areas are, where things like pathways, benches, play structures, buildings, playing fields, etc are located and how much area each of the items might take up. This allows for the public to understand what type of activities will be proposed for the park and what they might look like.

A park concept plan is a high level, conceptual design. Construction designs are required once the park concept plan is completed and before construction can begin.

Considerations when designing a park include:

• Has the area been identified by the community as a priority? If so, what type of activities have they identified for the park?
• How big is the park parcel (land area)?
• Where is it located in the community? What part of town? What else is nearby?
• To use the park will people be walking, biking, driving, transit?
• Are there existing uses that need to be preserved, improved or removed?
• What user groups are interested in having their activity in the park? Is this park the best location and site for that use?