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Kinsmen Park Features • Over two kilometers of paved and lit walking pathways linked to over seven kilometers of walking paths. • The paths span the community and run adjacent to four separate ponds adding to recreational opportunities such as skating or fishing. • A pedestrian bridge over the canal waterway provides an attractive backdrop for the Park.

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Kinsmen Park Activities From sport activities to casual leisure enjoyment, Kinsmen Park is a great meeting place for family and friends. Amenities include: • Integrated pathway system • 9-hole disc golf • 2 outdoor fitness pods with 11 pieces of equipment • Park benches • Picnic shelter • Toboggan hill • 3 Tennis/Pickle Ball Courts • Full Sized outdoor Basketball Court • Playground • Community Garden • Gazebo • Skatepark and Pumptrack • Outdoor Ice Rink • Cross Country Ski Trails

The Future of Kinsmen Park The City of Martensville is committed to ensuring Kinsmen Park remains a natural focal point of the community as the City changes and grows. Future plans include: • Pathway additions and upgrades • Tree and vegetation enhancements through the park • Addition of amenities such as playgrounds and spray park • 25 site RV/Trailer Campground and tenting sites • Additional picnic sites • Additional ball diamonds

KYLE SYRENNE SKATEPARK

The skatepark, within Kinsmen Park is dedicated to local resident Kyle Syrenne, an avid and accomplished skateboarder who grew up in Martensville and who tragically passed away in 2015.

The Syrenne family, with the City of Martensville undertook a fundraising campaign to build this skatepark.

The hard surface park features a variety of plaza and modern obstacle features, a bowl suitable for all skill levels, connecting pathways, and feature entry signage. It was built to accommodate skateboarders, scooter riders and inline skaters. The design includes numerous safe and inviting viewing areas and locations for art installations and integrates natural boulder textures and a memorial sculpture for Kyle Syrenne.

The Kyle Syrenne Skatepark celebrated its Grand Opening at Buster Days in 2018.

KINSMEN PARK PUMPTRACK

In 2021, Kinsmen Park added on a Pump Track next to the skatepark. The Pump Track provides bikers, skateboarders, scooter riders, and inline skaters with a unique and new experience to ride in our community.

HOUNSOME PARK

Hounsome Park is a nice little park located on the 700 block of 4th Street South. This park is a passive park with a greenspace area and a slide.

UNRAU PARK

This park is located on the 200 block of 4th Avenue North. This neighbourhood park features play structures, swings and slide. A great playground for small children.

MUNDAY PARK

This park is located at the corner of Stone Terrace and Enns Crescent. The playground features a small playground for ages 3-8 with slides, play structure, monkey bars and swings.

DALLAS MARTENS PARK

Located at the corner of Rock Hill Lane and Salmon Way in the southeast corner of Martensville. The park is one acre in size, features a playground area over 5,000 square feet and has play apparatus for ages 3-12. Asphalted paths are located on both sides of the park.

NEIGHBOURHOOD parks

ROSE LEAF PARK

Located in the new Lake Vista neighbourhood, this new park is adjacent to Lake Vista and École Holy Mary Schools. The park is home to a multipurpose field that can serve as a soccer pitch or football field.

LAKE VISTA PARK

This greenspace area is centrally located in the Lake Vista neighbourhood. It features paved and lit trails alongside the pond area providing for a scenic backdrop for those walking or riding on the trails.

MOLLY DUNVILLE PARK

Named after a young local resident in 2020 that loved this area for play while bravely fighting illness through much of her life. The park is next to the MacCormack Ranch House and features a small play structure, sand surface and outdoor basketball area.

OFF LEASH DOG PARK

The off-leash Dog Park is located in southern Martensville off 10th Ave S. This is the only area in Martensville that permits dogs off-leash. Patrons are reminded to obey park rules which are posted at the entrance to the park from the parking lot. Users of the off-leash dog park will find a large open space for dogs to run as well as pathways within the treed area of the park.

PATHWAYS

Residents can enjoy over 8 km’s of paved pathways that intertwine within the various parks, sporting facilities and linear parks around Martensville. These pathways connect the community from the south to the north, through Kinsmen Park and into Lake Vista.

HYDE PARK

One of the newest named parks, Hyde Park is a lineal park located on the south side of the community and presents paved pathways, scenic views of the feature pond, benches and connectivity to the off-leash dog park.

WIEBE PARK

A Lineal Park dedicated in 2020 this area spans the eastern edge along the MacCormack Ranch neighbourhood and features over a kilometer of new pathway that connects to Lake Vista, Kinsmen Park and the Hyde Park pathway.

FUTURE CAMPGROUND BEGINS IN 2021

In recent years, there have been multiple amenities added to the City of Martensville, with another big addition currently in the works – a campground. In 2019, the plans for construction of a campground were added to the Kinsmen Park Master Plan, and in November of 2021, the City began preparation on the campground site which included rough grading of the site and clean-up to enable enhanced landscaping while also preserving and utilizing existing vegetation.

Plans for this project are based off information collected from a community-wide survey and focus groups comprised of various user groups within the community in 2017. This feedback showed that a campground would be a favorable addition to the community, as it would provide an additional amenity for families and visitors to the community. Additionally, the campground will tie together other amenities such as Kinsmen Park, the Aquatic Centre, the Martensville Athletic Pavilion, Mocon Fields and the Martensville Slo-Pitch Diamonds.

In May of 2021, while in the early stages of planning, the City of Martensville released another survey requesting feedback from residents regarding the plan for the campground. These results were reviewed and provided to the consultant company hired to design the campground.

A portion of funding for this project was provided through the Municipal Economic Enhancement Program (MEEP), which was received in 2020 and saw a total of $390,000 allocated towards the initial phase. Future phases will be started as additional grant and program funding is made available and budgeted for in upcoming years.

The campground will be accessible from 10th Avenue North, adjacent to Mocon Fields and once completed, will consist of 25 RV/trailer sites and five tenting sites with access to electricity, water, washrooms and a dumping station.

The land that the campground will be constructed on is public-owned municipal reserve, which means there will be no land acquisition costs and with other amenities nearby, it can be serviced much easier. With North Ridge Community Centre located nearby, this addition will provide a potential destination for weddings, gatherings, sporting events, special events and more.

The City of Martensville anticipates that this campground will be a positive addition to the community, bringing people to the city that will contribute to the local economy. COMMUNITY

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