Feds chip in $375,000 for Anmore’s Spirit Park

By Jeremy Shepherd ● Anmore ● May 24, 2023 May 24, 2023

It’s time to drain some Spirit.

After years bad drainage and pooling water, Anmore is gearing up for a $500,000 upgrade to Spirit Park, thanks to an infusion of $375,000 from the federal government, the village announced Wednesday.

The upper section of the park is generally unusable for four to six months each year, according to a release from the village. The work is intended to keep the water in the ground, increase access to the park and pay for a new playground.

The grant funding will help Anmore make “critical improvements” to the parks, stated Anmore Mayor John McEwen in a press release.

The work is set to coincide with the construction of the village’s first purpose-built civic building in Anmore, set to cost approximately $8 million.

preliminary design supplied by Village of Anmore

“We can’t wait to gather with Anmore residents to enjoy the completed improvements to the park and the new Hub,” McEwen stated.

The hall is set to include administration offices, council chambers that will facilitate the live-streaming of meetings, as well as a spot for a concession and washrooms that can be used when Anmore hosts events at Spirit Park.

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Jeremy Shepherd

A chiropractor and a folk singer, after having one great kid, decided to push their luck and have one more, a boy they named Jeremy Shepherd.

Shepherd grew up around Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam, following a basketball around and trying his best to get to the NBA (it didn’t work out, at least not yet).

With no career plans after graduating Porter Elementary school, Jeremy Shepherd pursued higher education at Como Lake Middle School and eventually, Centennial High School.

Approximately 1,000 movies and several beers later in life, Shepherd made a change.

Having done nothing worth writing, he decided to see if he could write something worth reading.

Since graduating journalism school at Langara College, Shepherd has been a reporter, editor and, reluctantly, a content provider for community newspapers around Metro Vancouver for more than 10 years.

He worked with dogged reporters, eloquently indignant curmudgeons and creative photographers, all of whom shared a little of what they knew.

Now, as he goes about the business of raising two fascinating humans alongside a wonderful partner, Shepherd is delighted to report news and tell stories in the Tri-Cities.

He runs, reads, and is intrigued by art, science, smart cities and new ideas. He is pleased to meet you.

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