Kinsmen Park Rides will open for the season on Saturday, May 12, 2012.  Come out and enjoy the laughter, music, and magic of the old-fashioned carousel and miniature train nestled within Saskatoon’s oldest park development.  The cost per carousel or miniature train ride is $1, with one adult riding for free when accompanying a child.  Bulk tickets are available at any of the six leisure centres.

Kinsmen Park Rides hours of operation from May 12 to June 30 are:

• Monday to Friday from 2:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Sundays and holidays from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

From July 1 to September 3, summer hours will be in effect:

• Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
• Sundays and holidays from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Kinsmen Park Rides is also available for private rentals.  Please call Customer Service at 975‑3366 for more information. 

Broadway Avenue - Planning for Growth and Character Retention

• Sunday May 6  •  2:30 pm  •  1 Hour Duration  •  Fully Accessible
• Meet in front of Broadway Roastery.  This is also the end-point of the walk.

We will be walking along Broadway Avenue discussing the planning recommendations of the Broadway 360 Report and its initial implementation.  This is a great opportunity to discuss the potential of Broadway and its relationship to the surrounding area and the city. 

There are 6 walks in Saskatoon this weekend.  Here is the

link to the Saskatoon Walks page

Jane’s Walk is a series of free neighbourhood walking tours that helps put people in touch with their environment and with each other, by bridging social and geographic gaps and creating a space for cities to discover themselves.  Since its inception in 2007, Jane’s Walk has happened in cities across North America, and is growing internationally.  Each May, thousands of people around the globe celebrate the birthday of grassroots urbanist Jane Jacobs by doing something she often did: they go for a walk with their neighbours.  The volunteer-led community strolls take place under the banner of Toronto-based organization Jane’s Walk, and are free and open to the public.

These are the election results from NCA's April 18^th  Annual General Meeting:

   President:  Mike McKague

   Past-President:  Mark Bobyn

   Treasurer:  Leah Brannen

   Newsletter Editor:  Victoria Neufeldt

   Civics Coordinators:  Mark Bobyn and Marc Pelletier

   Soccer Coordinator:  Mike McKague

   Community Garden Coordinator:  Mark Bobyn and Ferron Olynyk

             Community Garden Committee Member:  Maureen Junk

   Directors at Large:  Yvonne Mamer, Jennifer Taylor, Ferron Olynyk and Andrew Wallace

We would like to extend our congratulations to the newly elected executive, and to thank everyone who attended this year's AGM.

If you had a plot in the NCA Community Garden last year, April 21^st is your deadline to return your completed garden agreement forms and payment in order to re-register your space.  The garden agreement forms can be found in the Community Garden page of the site. 

From the newsletter:

• Returning gardeners from last year will have a chance to re-register for their plots, and will be sent a new 2012 garden agreement forms by e-mail; those without e-mail will receive a phone call.  All returning gardeners need to return the completed forms with full payment by April 21^st to the registrar’s home. 
• There will be one opportunity for the returning gardeners to change plots, by meeting the registrar at the garden on April 27^th between 6:30 and 8 p.m.  
• This year the Varsity View Community Association will be operating their community garden down the road at 12^th St. and Wiggins Ave., right behind Bishop Murray School.  The contact person for that garden will be James Perkins.  He can be reached by e-mail at nic. james <at> sasktel.net. 

We are always looking for individuals interested in volunteering as one of the coordinators for the Nutana garden, so if you are interested, please contact Mark Bobyn by e-mail at president <at> nutana.ca.

The April 2012 edition of the NCA Newsletter has been added to the site.

The pdf can be downloaded  here  and can also be found in the Newsletter link (on the right) below Community Events.

Thank you to Victoria N., our Newsletter Editor, for another wonderful newsletter.