{"id":727221,"date":"2026-06-10T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/727221\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:58:09","slug":"new-spray-pad-in-the-works-for-fort-richmond-our-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/727221\/","title":{"rendered":"New spray pad in the works for Fort Richmond \u2013 Our Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"opinion-banner\">Fort Richmond<\/p>\n<p>On May 30, ground was broken for a new spray pad in Fort Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>The Government of Canada, Province of Manitoba, and City of Winnipeg contributed funding to the new 5,700-square-foot accessible spray pad and other park features at the South Winnipeg Community Centre\u2019s Fort Richmond site, which is located at 666 Silverstone Ave. The $1.5 million project includes pathways, seating areas (including benches and picnic tables), shade structures, bike racks, and new trees. The spray pad is expected to be ready for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured, from left: Coun. Markus Chambers (St. Norbert\u2013Seine River; Jennifer Chen, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Richmond; Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South; Mayor Scott Gillingham; Coun. Vivian Santos (Point Douglas), chairperson of the standing policy committee on community services; Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West); and Arthur Pearson, executive director of South Winnipeg Community Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4272743_web1_sb-south_winnipeg_community_centre_spray_pad_sod.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1448\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4272743_web1_sb-south_winnipeg_community_centre_spray_pad_sod.jpg\" alt=\"City of Winnipeg&#10;                                (From left) Coun. Markus Chambers (St. Norbert\u2013Seine River; Jennifer Chen, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Richmond; Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South; Mayor Scott Gillingham; Coun. Vivian Santos (Point Douglas), chairperson of the standing policy committee on community services; Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West); and Arthur Pearson, executive director of South Winnipeg Community Centre.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>City of Winnipeg<\/p>\n<p>(From left) Coun. Markus Chambers (St. Norbert\u2013Seine River; Jennifer Chen, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Richmond; Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South; Mayor Scott Gillingham; Coun. Vivian Santos (Point Douglas), chairperson of the standing policy committee on community services; Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West); and Arthur Pearson, executive director of South Winnipeg Community Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Richmond On May 30, ground was broken for a new spray pad in Fort Richmond. The Government&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-727221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}