Live Music and Family Entertainment
Wear your western gear and enjoy the Stampede Hoedown!
Free admission for Acadia CA membership holders!
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Engage: Backyard Suites Guidelines
From the City of Calgary:
The City is looking at changing some of the Land Use Bylaw rules and developing guidelines to help make new backyard suites more acceptable and fitting in communities. (Click here to be taken to the online survey.)
Backyard Suites Guidelines
About the project
On March 12, 2018 City Council approved amendments to the Land Use Bylaw that allow secondary suites as a discretionary use within the R-1, R-C1, and R-C1L land use districts. They also approved adding backyard suites to these districts, but asked City staff to develop standards relating to the design of backyard suites before finalizing this approval. These approvals are part of a process reform for secondary suites.
The standards for backyard suites under development will apply across all districts and are intended to improve the fit of backyard suites in built out communities.
City staff have been reviewing feedback from citizens from previous engagement on backyard suites, discussions at Council, and feedback from neighbouring land owners on past backyard suite applications. This background has given city staff a preliminary overview of the major concerns that neighbours have about backyard suites.
Targeted discussions and workshops with representatives from a number of Calgary’s community associations were held to review these concerns, to discuss concerns that may not have been captured and to explore options to address these concerns.
These discussions, with the feedback from this survey, will form the basis for proposed rule changes and design standards for backyard suites.
Provide your comments on the City of Calgary website to share your feedback with the project team. The survey will be open until July 3, 2018.
Garage Suites
Pathway and Bikeway Implementation Plan – Survey
Calgary and Area Pathway and Bikeway Implementation Plan Update Project
Engagement phase two – May 15 – June 8, 2018
The City is updating the Calgary and Area Pathway and Bikeway Plan. It was originally approved in 2000 and is now out-of-date as our city has changed over the years. Many of the pathways and bikeways proposed in the original plan have been built, or are now obsolete because of new developments.
We’re looking for your help in determining how we should prioritize the build out of our network. You can share your feedback by participating in our online survey from May 14 until June 8. The survey and details can be found at Calgary.ca/pathwaybikeway.
Pathway Survey
Celebrate Neighbour Day with us!
The Acadia Community Association is teaming up once again with McDougall United Church to celebrate Neighbour Day 2018 – what better way to do so than with a block party?
Our goal is to unite all our Acadia community groups such as the Acadia Networking and Action Group, the Acadia Friendship Circle, and the Acadia Community Garden and Art Society. The people at McDougall and we, at the community association, agree that connecting with one another should be a priority for community builders. We will serve hot dogs and refreshments and it will be a great opportunity to meet some neighbours and find out what some of these groups have been up to. Last year, about 200 people of all ages joined us to celebrate and get to know some local businesses. This year, the bouncy castle returns, along with some of our favourite community groups and businesses such as Cornerstone Chapel, the Alberta Tennis Centre, and Rucas Bakery. Come meet and say hi to Mayor Nenshi at 11:30am! Please, join us, neighbours! We look forward to celebrating Neighbour Day with you.
McDougall United Church
8516 Athabasca ST SE
11:30am – 3:30pm
Neighbour Day 2018
2018 Transit Service Review
Transit Service Review Survey (Closes Friday May 18)
The City of Calgary is building new and improved Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) routes that will shape the way the broader transit network operates. As part of this project, Calgary Transit is reviewing dozens of existing bus routes to develop a more effective and efficient bus network in Calgary.
The goal of this review is to implement a revised bus network linking into the following new BRT routes:
- 17 Avenue S.E. BRT
- North Crosstown BRT
- South Crosstown BRT
The existing bus network is being revised based on the following objectives:
- Make efficient use of the BRT infrastructure (e.g. stations, queue jumps, separate lanes)
- Provide routes that are more direct and easier to understand
- Reduce travel time
- Operate more frequently with a longer span of service on some routes (e.g. start earlier, end later)
- Provide better service to key destinations
- Reduce duplication of service
- Increase ridership
We will be collecting stakeholder and citizen feedback online and at open houses throughout the city. We will report back in the early summer 2018.
Acadia Community Clean Up! This Saturday!
This Saturday, May 12, at the ARC from 9am – 2pm.
• Waste
• Paper Shredding
• Electronics Recycling
• Car Batteries
• Metals
• Clothing
• Tires
• Reusables table
See poster for full details!
Acadia Clean Up
Free Compost!
Green Cart compost giveaway
The City of Calgary is offering free compost for residents to use in their yards and gardens this spring. The compost is made from the food and yard waste collected in the Green Cart program.
- When: Saturday May 5, 12, 19 and 26
- Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Location: Calgary Composting Facility – 12111 68 Street SE – See driving directions.
- Cost: FREE for Calgary residents.
The compost area does not accept garbage or other materials. For available disposal options, please see our Landfill Locations and Hours and Landfill Throw ‘N’ Go facilities.
For more info visit calgary.ca
Community Planning Workshop this Sunday
From the Anderson to Heritage Coalition:
Do you live in
Acadia, Fairview, Haysboro, Kingsland, Southwood, or Willowridge?
The Planning and Development Directors of 6 communities have come together to form the Anderson to Heritage Coalition. Our goal is to advocate for community improvements as developers re-invest in Macleod Trail.
How do you move through the communities?
By Car, Bike, or Foot, we want to know your favourite routes.
RSVP to Kim
Acadia Recreation Complex
1-5pm
Anderson to Heritage Coalition
Crokicurl Grand Opening
Acadia Crokicurl Grand Opening
Saturday Jan. 13 – 1pm
What is Crokicurl?
Crokicurl is a spin off of the beloved Canadian past times of Crokinole and Curling.
Acadia Crokicurl is brought to you by:
Acadia Community Association, PTI Graphic Design, Rona, and ActivateYYC.
With Grand Opening support from David’s Tea and the Bridgeland Community Association.
What are the Rules?
You don’t need to memorize these, they are posted by the Crokicurl rink.
•Game is played with two teams comprising 1 or 2 players. Each player is limited to 1 quadrant. Each team has 8 rocks.
•A crokicurl shot is made by sliding the rock onto the playing surface, releasing from the outside of the 5 point ring. The shot can be made from any point along their assigned quadrant.
•The first player must try to score in the 20 point button. If the shot is successful, remove the rock from play and count 20 points.
•Subsequent shot must attempt to remove an opponent rock (unless there are no rocks on the playing surface). If a shot fails to contact an opponent’s rock, the shot rock is removed from play.
•Players may not enter the coloured rings (except to remove a 20 point button shot) or until all rocks are shot.
•Play proceeds in a clockwise fashion, alternating team and player.
•A rock that lands more than halfway over the starting line (outside of the 5 point ring) is removed from play.
•Scoring occurs after all rocks have been played. The team the higher score wins the round. The winner of the match is determined by the team who wins the most rounds, best of 1, 3, 5, 6, etc…
•Crokicurl is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please be respectful of other players and limit your time to one hour.
ATCO – Construction Notice
Construction Notice:
From October 6 to October 11 there will be lane closures on Macleod Trail between 86th Avenue and 90thAvenue. The closures will be happening in phases starting at 8 pm and ending at 5 am the following day. There will always be a minimum of one northbound lane and one southbound lane open. All lanes will be open from 5 am to 8 pm, with steel plates on the road. Please follow all signage on site and drive safely. View the map for more information.
