We loved sharing this temporary, “pop-up” park with you, to try out new ideas and create community connections!
The park was closed Oct 16, 2025. With the end of this temporary "pop-up" park, amenities in the pop-up park were returned to The City for use on other projects, in keeping with our asset management requirements.
You can now read the What We Heard Report here.
Public feedback on the temporary summer park will be used to guide and build on the next phase of the project. We are excited to announce the green space south of the Killarney Aquatic & Recreation Centre has received funding under the Established Area Growth and Change Strategy (EAGCS) to explore upgrades and/or new amenities to create a stronger public space for the surrounding communities.
We worked with the Killarney Glengarry Community Association to build a temporary pop-up park for the Summer of 2025, with new games, art and seating for the community to enjoy. The pop-up park was located just south of the Killarney Aquatic & Recreation Centre on 19 Avenue between 29 and 30 Street SW.
The Westbrook Communities Local Area Plan wants “to ensure that residents of the Westbrook Communities have equitable access to a wide variety of public spaces that serve not only active and passive recreation needs for all ages and abilities through all seasons but also enhance environmental quality.”
The temporary Killarney Summer Park Pilot Project responded to this objective and provided new opportunities for playing, socializing, relaxing, and gathering in the Killarney neighbourhood.
The City is re-investing back into the community from the Local Area Plan Investment Fund to bring these improvements that will help inform future improvements as well.
Thank you to the community for sharing how they used the park over the summer by uploading pictures and stories. That information helped tell us what people enjoyed and will inform other pop-up parks in Calgary and future long-term improvements for this park.
A pop-up park involves activating a public space with temporary elements such as games, seating, and art that the public can use on an interim basis. Pop-up parks can be changed and modified throughout the project to adapt to what we learn people like to use, or if elements need to be modified/ or moved.
We have folks checking up on the park and replacing items regularly. We are also looking for community champions to help us out with stewardship. Please email killarneysummerpark@calgary.ca. Some items may need to be removed from the park if there are continued issues with breakage.
This small, pop-up park created next to the Killarney Aquatic Centre was for interim (temporary) use only, to create added recreational and play spaces in the short term. The play elements were in place until Fall 2025.
A "What We Heard" report will be presented here showing what we heard from the public.
Thanks for telling us how you were enjoying the park. This activity is now closed. We asked....Do you have a fun experience or memory from your summer in the space?
10 October, 2025
Anonymous says:
On long summer evenings, we enjoyed hanging out and watching our kids play until the sun went down.
25 September, 2025
Anonymous says:
Absolutely love this park! My daughter has been asking to come to a daily. It gets so out of the house more and greatly enhances the communi
23 September, 2025
Anonymous says:
So far we are loving the Killarney park experience! We tried jumbo badminton, table tennis, and racing on the purple blocks!
24 August, 2025
Anonymous says:
Kids loved it. Park was always busy
7 August, 2025
Anonymous says:
Outdoor pool connected to Killarney pool could share changing rooms, front desk, lifeguards etc. it could be cost efficient.
25 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
This was lots of fun but the green bin for the equipment should be replaced. The lid is very heavy and a child’s fingers were crushed badly.
24 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
It would be great if the city would do this in areas without playground amenities, like by the Westbrook library - clean up the field!!!
20 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
To much plastic.
13 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
Having a local ping pong table is great. I wish there was a second one since the table seem to be pretty popular.
10 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
The ping pong paddles and golf clubs are predictably broken and demonstrates why we can't have nice things. the other additions are great!
9 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
Awesome addition. Love it!
8 July, 2025
Anonymous says:
Sad that people are not treating it well. Would be great to see permanent badminton nets as well
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