Assiniboine Avenue Ice Rink: On the Move?
Here’s one of the more interesting items we’ll get to discuss at our next LCA Executive Meeting on Monday February 9.
We received an email from Loreen Anderson (our hard working City Community Consultant) which said the City was approached by a Lakeview resident about moving the passive skating rink on Assiniboine Avenue to Kinsmen Park South.
I don’t have any more detail than that, other than the City is open to the idea and there would be a warm-up shack at the new rink. If the LCA is happy with the idea, we could start planning the new rink in the spring.
So, is the LCA happy with the new idea? I have no idea. It’s unlikely anyone on the current executive has a firm thought on this item.
It would be really nice if we got some good old community feedback on this one. Do you use the Assiniboine rink? Do you use Kinsmen Park South in the winter? Do you skate? Then let us know what you think about this idea. If you feel strongly positive about the move, or heck, if you’re the Lakeview resident who thought of this idea, drop us a line and you can lead the project!
What does ‘drop us a line’ mean?
There are lots of ways to let us know your views.
- head over to the LCA Contact Page, enter ‘rink move idea’ in the subject line and send us an email.
- just send us an email! info@lcaregina.ca will work as fine as any.
- If you’re on the website, just keep reading down the page until you see the Comment Form and leave a comment!
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Photo by Nemo’s Great Uncle
This would absolutely break my heart. One of the reason’s we bought this house was our backyard backed onto a park with a skating rink in the winter. Our little boy would be so sad too have this taken away. It is so nice for everyone in the neighbourhood to walk out of there house and have a rink right there. I love how it is in a small park, it brings a nice sense of community, as opposed to having it in a larger park would not have the same appeal. Also, the current park is nice and sheltered with houses and trees. Kinsmen is too open providing no shelter from the wind, etc. As well, Kinsmen has many amenities for the summer, so why not keep this spread out between parks instead of putting everything in one park.
Those are my many thoughts on the subject, please rethink this for the many many community who use this rink and love it’s location.
Thank You,
Jodi
Hi Jodi — thanks for the comment. It’s the first one we’ve received on the site and I hope it’s not the last!
I need to underscore that there’s nothing to ‘rethink’ here. A resident asked the city about putting a rink in Kinsmen Park, and the city asked us what we think about moving the Assiniboine Rink. So we turned it over to all of you for opinions. And we received a very healthy response.
It’s been great to hear from a lot of people who use the Assiniboine Rink, which is feedback that we’ll be passing along to the folks at the City. It’s especially nice to hear from people with young families who are using the rink to teach their kids to skate. It’s how my kids started and those are very special memories. I’m glad the tradition continues!