Age Friendly Park opens in Clarenville

Published on October 29, 2014

An age-friendly park, complete with walking trails, benches, green spaces, gazebos, a tobogganing hill, and a community garden was officially opened in Clarenville today.

Kevin Curley

Ribbon cutting at the official opening of the Clarenville Age Friendly Park

Community leaders joined Clyde Jackman, Minister of Seniors, Wellness and Social Development, and Ross Wiseman, Minister of Finance and MHA for Trinity North, to mark the completion of a project three years in the making.

The Clarenville Age-Friendly Park, located near Clarenville High School, was built with funding from the provincial and municipal levels of government, in cooperation with the Random Age-Friendly Community Board, and local community partners.

Its designed to be a space where people can just sit and chat, or participate in recreational activities.

The World Health Organization's Age-Friendly Communities Program is an international effort to address the environmental and social factors that contribute to active and healthy aging.

The program helps communities become more supportive of older people by addressing their needs across eight dimensions: the built environment, transport, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication, and community support and health services.

The Town of Clarenville has been onboard with the concept of building an age-friendly community since day one. We were committed to finding a space for the Clarenville Age-Friendly Park which suited the needs of all citizens, and with the location on Hibernia Drive, we have a space that is near to both Clarenville High School and a seniors' housing complex, and is easily accessible to all residents, added Mayor Frazer Russell.

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