Tennis Courts
The tennis courts are open! Pursuant to the City of Calgary relaxing its restraints around city tennis courts, the Board of the Deer Ridge Community Association decided, in a special vote, to open the Deer Ridge tennis courts. Physical distancing rules are in place for the sake of everyone’s health. The Community Association will not provide a port-a-potty at the tennis courts this year, as maintaining the required sanitation standards at that location would be too difficult without additional volunteer assistance.
Community Garden
Planting began in late May, and the community garden plots are producing some great looking crops already. You may have noticed that there has been quite a bit of work done at the gardens this year. Not only has physical distancing signage gone up, but there is daily sanitation being done on all common surfaces and the port-a-potty. Each bed has been covered with a frame and mesh to keep out marauding wildlife. The planting beds were so popular this year that we sold right out of them!
Explore Your Street Survey
The City of Calgary has an Explore Your Street Survey underway. The City is collecting our input to help them understand how neighbourhood streets are used. There are a variety of ways to share your experiences and observations of how our community streets are being used and the amenities, or lack thereof, that you have found there. You can submit the survey for as many streets as you like. Find the survey at: https://engage.calgary.ca/exploreyourstreet.
Keeping Amenities in Our Community
Deer Ridge has been very fortunate to have been served well over the years by the businesses in the community and in the surrounding communities. Many of these are local small businesses, without a lot of wiggle room in their budgets. These businesses have suffered through COVID-19, losing revenues while costs continued, and they are now struggling to start up again. Even the Trico Centre, as large as it is, could fall to the significant losses in revenues that have been incurred during these last few months, and the significant costs it would take to re-open while maintaining disinfection and safe distancing guidelines.
These local businesses have been a mainstay and a backbone of our community. They feed us, they sponsor our events, help us to stay fit, ensure we don’t have to go far to get the goods and services we need, provide discounts to community members, and help us collect community association membership revenues. If we want to continue to enjoy the convenience of having these businesses right here in our neighbourhood, we will now need to show them some loyalty and support as they work hard to recover. We urge you to show our local shops and services that you care by bringing them your business. Support our community – buy local!
Deer Ridge Community Association Meetings
There will be no regular Community Association Board meetings during July or August.
Mark Your Calendar – This year, the Deer Ridge Community Association will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, September 15. Watch for details!
*Please watch the Deer Ridge Community Association website for meeting and event updates.
