The Meadows, Edmonton

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The Meadows
Area
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The Meadows
Location of the Meadows in Edmonton
Coordinates: 53°28′01″N113°22′19″W / 53.467°N 113.372°W / 53.467; -113.372 (The Meadows)
Country Canada
Province Alberta
City Edmonton
Quadrant [1] NW
Ward [1] Sspomitapi
Sector [1] Southeast
Government
[2]
 • Mayor Amarjeet Sohi
 • Administrative body Edmonton City Council
 • CouncillorJo-Anne Wright
Elevation
714 m (2,343 ft)

The Meadows is a residential district in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Located in southeast Edmonton, the Meadows is bounded by Whitemud Drive (Highway 14) to the north, 34 Street to the west, and Anthony Henday Drive (Highway 216) to the east and south. The residential district of Mill Woods is immediately west of the Meadows across 34 Street, while Strathcona County is located to the east across Anthony Henday Drive.

Contents

The community is represented by the Meadows Community League, established in 1987. [3] [4]

Neighbourhoods

The Meadows area structure plan includes seven separate neighbourhoods. [5] The Meadows area includes the following: [6]

The naming theme applied to neighbourhoods within the Meadows area are trees, flowers, and plants native to Alberta. [7]

Land use plans

In addition to the area structure plan, the following plans were adopted to further guide development of certain portions of the Meadows area:

Schools

The Meadows is home to the following five schools.

Amenities

RioCan Meadows is a commercial development at the southwest corner of Whitemud Drive and 17 Street on the northern edge of The Meadows. It features retailers of varying sizes and includes anchors such as Value Village, Home Depot, and Real Canadian Superstore. A smaller commercial development is located in the central portion of The Meadows on 23 Avenue. It includes a Save-On-Foods and numerous small retailers. [19] Directly east of RioCan Meadows is another similar sized commercial development under Dream Centres. [20] It is being developed in three sections, Edmonton Tamarack SE, [21] Edmonton Tamarack NE, [22] and Edmonton Tamarack N. [23] The largest store include, GoodLife Fitness, Walmart Super Center, and a Shoppers Drug Mart. With many smaller stores within the same area [20]

Southeast of Silver Berry in Meadows District Park, The Meadows Community Recreation Centre & The Meadows Library [24] opened on December 5, 2014. [25] The Meadows Community Recreation Centre amenities include, Aquatic Centre, Fitness Centre, Gymnasium, 2 NHL-sized arenas, and Outdoor Sport Fields along with program's corresponding to them. [26]

Meadows Transit Centre

Meadows Transit Centre
Meadows Transit Centre 2020.jpg
Meadows Transit Centre in 2020.
General information
Platforms13 bus bays [27]
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Website Meadows Transit Centre
History
OpenedApril 2010 [28]

The Meadows Transit Centre is located on 17 street and Tamarack Way. This transit centre has many amenities including park & ride, a drop off area, public washrooms, a large shelter, vending machines and a pay phone. [29] The transit centre was opened in April 2010 at a construction cost of $12 million. [28]

The following bus routes serve the transit centre: [30]

To/fromRoutes
Bonnie Doon 500X
Century Park Transit Centre 56
Davies Transit Centre 504, 506
Downtown 500X
Laurel 516
Leger Transit Centre 56
MacEwan University 500X
Maple 506
Maple Ridge 504
Millbourne/Woodvale 507, 508
Mill Woods Transit Centre 56, 515, 516
Silver Berry 515
Southgate Transit Centre 55, 507
Tamarack 507, 508
West Edmonton Mall Transit Centre 55, 56

See also

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  2. ↑ "Mayor and City Council". City of Edmonton . Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Meadows Community League". The Meadows Community League. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Kuban, Ron (2005). Edmonton's Urban Villages: The Community League Movement . University of Alberta Press. ISBN   9781459303249.
  5. ↑ "The Meadows Area Structure Plan (Office Consolidation September 2013)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Welcome to Edmonton Maps". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  7. ↑ "Naming Committee: Naming Announcements (Neighbourhood Naming Complete for Big Lake and Meadows)". City of Edmonton. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2015. The final neighbourhood within the Meadows ASP has been named Aster. The theme for this ASP is "Trees, Flowers, and Plants Native to Alberta".
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  9. ↑ "Larkspur Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. December 2006. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  10. ↑ "Laurel Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. June 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-16. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  11. ↑ "Maple Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. August 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  12. ↑ "Silver Berry Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. June 2007. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  13. ↑ "Tamarack Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. June 2010. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  14. ↑ "Wild Rose Neighbourhood Structure Plan (Office Consolidation)" (PDF). City of Edmonton. April 2011. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
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  20. 1 2 "Current Projects". Dream Centres. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
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  22. ↑ "Edmonton Tamarack NE" (PDF). Dream Centres. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  23. ↑ "Edmonton Tamarack N" (PDF). Dream Centres. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "The Meadows Community Recreation Centre & The Meadows Library". The City of Edmonton. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  25. ↑ Edwards, Bruce (5 December 2015). "Photos: The Meadows rec centre and library opens in south Edmonton". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  26. ↑ "Amenities". The City of Edmonton. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  27. ↑ "Meadows Transit Centre Map" (PDF). City of Edmonton. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  28. 1 2 "City opens new Meadows Transit Centre". CBC News. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
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