Official Opening: North Maple Regional Park - Phase 1

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October 1, 2018

Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua hosted a special ceremony on September 22 to open Phase One of the North Maple Regional Park. The new park will be greater than 900 acres in total - larger than New York City's Central Park and more than twice the size of High Park in Toronto. Phase One features 200 acres of open green space. More than 20 years in the making, the initial concept for North Maple Regional Park was developed in 2003 to support land acquisition by the City, and a revised park vision was established through a community consultation process in 2013. Located on the East side of Keele Street, between Teston Road and Kirby Road, the original park concept covered 200 acres. In May 2018, Council endorsed expanding the park vision to include the former Keele Valley Landfill and Vaughan Township Landfill sites and adjacent open space valley lands, which are the headwaters of the Don River watershed. Taken together, the entire green space encompasses more than 900 acres, making it Vaughan's most ambitious park development initiative ever.