South Stanley Revitalization Project Outline and Proposal

South Stanley Park is about to undergo a reno!

For the last year, a group of community members have been meeting with Joe Pantalone, Toronto Parks reps, and city planning to review options for upgrading our neighbourhood park. This group worked from a set of guiding principles that included use of all space within the park and making sure that all current park users would win with any changes - or at very least, that they wouldn't lose out.

Several months ago, we held a Charette and invited community members to imagine what they would like to see in the park.

Based on community suggestions from the Charette, the city presented a proposal for the redesign of South Stanley Park two weeks ago. There were several key changes in the proposed design, including:

1) Upgraded entry points to make the park move visible and more integrated with the community
2) An enclosed offleash dog area - for dog safety and so that dog owners can use the park while baseball / other sports happen
3) Proposed new locations for tennis courts
4) Expansion of the current swimming pool building to house offices and community space
5) Moving the north and south fences to better use the space within the park
6) Upgraded paths and walkways through the park

A PDF of the park improvement proposal can be found here. The city will be launching a webpage highlighting these proposed changes shortly - we'll post as soon as it's up and running!