Riley Park Community Association

Overview of Riley Park First developed in 1964, the Riley Park Community Centre philosophy is to encourage, develop and facilitate leisure opportunities for all ages in the Riley Park Neighbourhood. Located at Ontario Street and East 30th Avenue, the centre is surrounded to the west and north by Queen Elizabeth and Hillcrest Parks which support such facilities as formal gardens, the Bloedel Floral Conservatory, a pitch & putt golf course, newly renovated playfields and Nat Bailey Baseball Stadium. Riley Park Community Centre programs and services include sports, visual arts, performing arts, health and fitness, an indoor swimming pool, skating rink, and fitness centre along with numerous special interest programs. Recent upgrades to the facility include swimming pool improvements to Percy Norman Pool and construction of both a junior and senior aged children's playground. Adjacent to the community centre is the Millennium Sports Facility which opened its doors in 2006 and features gymnastics programming and indoor lawn bowling. Construction is currently underway for facilities that will house the 2010 Olympic Curling venue. Following The 2010 Games, this short term facility will be converted to a legacy facility that will house a new community centre, ice rink, aquatic centre, preschool, library and curling rink. Plans are also in the works for a Community Visions project office where citizens can express their ideas and opinions about local developments.