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How municipalities can empower community-led park stewardship

by MUNRO S, FANE K
How municipalities can empower community-led park stewardship After persistent community advocacy, Everett Crowley Park in Vancouver, B.C., was transformed into a 38-hectare urban forest – now the city’s fifth-largest park. Photo: Everett Crowley Park Committee
Published in November 2025 - Page 10

A quiet transformation is taking place in urban green spaces across Canada. Its leaders are not your usual city planners or parks departments but rather groups of neighbours equipped with shovels, gloves, and a profound sense of place.

Community park groups are reshaping how municipalities manage and care for their parks. Often volunteer-led and deeply passionate, they are able to support resource-strapped municipal park departments through activities like removing invasive species, planting pollinator gardens, and

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