Strathcona Park Improvements To Officially Open

July 5, 2004 (No. 48) - A Sizzling Sunday summer event will mark the opening of one of Vancouver's older parks, now newly restored, on July 11th. Strathcona Park, located at 800 Prior Street (at Hawks), will celebrate major, recent capital improvements this Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm. Join community members for a dazzling family event which will include performing arts, a talent show, a Beat the Heat baseball game, skateboard clinic, sports, arts and crafts, raffle, Strathcona and Cottonwood Gardens open house and plant sale.

A formal ceremony, with Park Board Commissioners and community stakeholders in attendance, will take place at 11:30 am. The celebration is the culmination of a $950,000 capital improvement to the 10.27 hectare Strathcona Park which included: a street-style skate park, new children's playground, two new basketball courts, a 12 foot high space net and an 8-foot-high climbing wall plus newly upgraded ball diamond, soccer field and pathways.

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The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation maintains 200 parks and 40 major facilities throughout the City of Vancouver. The Park Board's mission is to provide, preserve and advocate for parks and recreation services to benefit people, communities and the environment.