Facility Improvement
An ongoing effort to adapt the New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse building and to update its contents strives to ensure that that this community resource continues to serve the diverse needs of a wide range of users.
The CCC maintains a record of wants and needs expressed by user groups, that informs a list of prospective improvements to the Fieldhouse and surrounding public space. The wish list is reviewed, revised and reprioritized annually. When it is financially prudent to do so, available resources may be invested to address the wants and needs with the broadest benefit to both current and future users.
In 2019 the CCC signed a memorandum of understanding with the New Edinburgh Community Partners (CCC, NECA and Nectar) confirming that a New Edinburgh Community Building fund of $250,000 be used in its entirety for capital improvements to the New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse.
The CCC has been successful in realizing improvements to the building since 2020, with the support of Ottawa City Councilor King and the cooperation of City staff, that address the needs of current and future users of the New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse and the surrounding public space. Notable capital improvements include:
1. Publicly accessible high-speed wireless internet connectivity;
2. Electrical system upgrades for emergency generator connectivity;
3. Rubberized flooring for safer use by skaters and aesthetic improvements;
4. Room partitions to improve the user experience of concurrent groups;
5. Acoustic panels for sound reverberation mitigation;
6. Automatic door openers to improve accessibility;
7. Lighting replacement to improve light quality (warmer) and the addition of dimmers to control intensity.
Recent improvements to the park spaces outside the Fieldhouse include:
1. Bike repair station and additional bike racks;
2. Waste receptacles (3-stream bins);
3. Multi-Use Path construction;
4. Lighting improvements (down-lighting);
5. Tree planting.
The CCC is leading a major capital improvement project involving the New Edinburgh Park Fieldhouse and space immediately adjacent to the building. More information about the roof extension proposal is available here:
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