Kiwanians donate basketball court to Rosedale Park

The Kiwanis Club of Lakeshore Foundation is by far the biggest contributor to the ongoing revitalization of Rosedale Park, providing three donations worth a total of $155,500 toward the $215,500 raised so far.

And city councillors will learn next week that the Lakeshore Kiwanians have dug even deeper, coming up with an additional $18,500 for a basketball court.

Here are the improvements already completed or in progress at Rosedale Park:

• paved parking area
• paved path network
• play infrastructure for youth
• accessible play amenities and soft surfacing
• zip line (pending installation)
• redeveloped berm area for improved sledding experience
• planting of trees and landscaping
• benches

"To complete the park revitalization, all that is remaining from the initial plan is the construction of a basketball court," says Brent Lamming, the city's director of community services.

"Kiwanis has once again utilized their strength in fundraising leveraging community support and has recently advised city staff that they have raised an additional $18,500 to allow this to happen. This is a great opportunity to complete the initial plan."

Other contributions to Rosedale Park improvements have come from Child Care Algoma and Kiwanis Club of Sault Ste. Marie.

As SooToday has previously reported, the neighbourhood around Rosedale Park has been identified as a high-need part of our community.

Next week's city council meeting will be on Tuesday because of the long weekend.

SooToday will livestream the event starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.