Water For Riley

10/20/2020

Celebrate the new Riley Park drinking fountain with us on Sunday.
Because of COVID 19, we can't turn the water on to use the drinking fountain, or party in Riley Park but we can support local businesses and our wonderful community association. It's all outside, so bring mask, stay apart and listen to on Kensington Road at 1 PM.

10/12/2020

24 October, 2020, fingers crossed that it can go ahead. We'd love to hear you play for

10/12/2020

The text reads: Reflecting Blooms. A gift of drinking water to The City of Calgary, from the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association and Water for Riley. June 2020 http://www.waterforriley.org/2020/10/the-final-touch/

The drinking fountain is done. Fabricated. Installed. Hooked up to The City of Calgary water line. Ready for thirsty people and pets in Riley Park to use. Except for that darn COVID-19. Five years …

10/12/2020

Coming up, Water for Riley collaborates with Kensington Village, the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association, and NorthWest Healthcare Properties at a street market on Kensington Road, just south of Riley Park. We can’t confirm the date until the last minute because COVID-19 changes and we might have to adapt yet again.

04/27/2020

Postponed. Until it's again safe to gather together, the celebration is postponed. That won't stop the drinking fountain installation, and - when we can - we will CELEBRATE in Riley Park.

The volunteers were disappointed but not surprised to learn that Water for Riley’s grand opening celebration will not proceed on 13 June, 2020. We wish everyone good health, clean hands, sani…

03/09/2020

02/29/2020

More recent news for the Water for Riley project. So happy to be receiving great news and support weekly! Please share and become involved in bringing our community together. Also follow our new Instagram page !

02/13/2020

Seeking volunteers to help plan the party.

It's going to be a great time: ribbon cutting, cake, three bands for live music, picnic sites, tour of historic cricket league club house, Harry the Historian, Monster Mural, art projects with the students of Hillhurst School, and more.

02/11/2020

Taking guest status seriously, in Riley Park.

01/28/2020

Save the date to hear Bloco Vivo play, live in Riley Park.
The new drinking fountain will be unveiled 13 June, 2020.
http://www.waterforriley.org/2020/01/water-for-riley-2-0/

01/23/2020

Our new logo, incorporating the design of the drinking fountain that will appear in Riley Park when the ground thaws. Because everything thrives with and .

12/10/2019

From Theglobeandmail.com: Why liveable cities need public spaces that aren't an afterthought.
We're so lucky to have Riley Park in , open to all.

12/08/2019

And this is why Water for Riley exists - to bring all Calgarians and Calgary parks users the option of refilling water bottles.

There’s a sea of possibilities when it comes to hot-but­ton is­sues to sup­port, and clean wa­ter is one of Hollywood’s favourites. Rap­per and ac­tor Jaden Smith, 21, was one of the stars who made news this week for div­ing right in. On Mon­day, Smith...

12/08/2019

Nice article about Riley Park's neighbourhood. Drop in to after visiting Riley Park.

While the clos­ing of Kens­ing­ton’s high-pro­file Star­bucks (Cal­gary’s first) and the “for lease” sign at Julio’s Bar­rio restau­rant was shock­ing to the pub­lic, pro­fes­sion­als re­al­ize it is part of the nat­u­ral evo­lu­tion of retail and...

12/02/2019

http://www.waterforriley.org/2017/02/the-origin-of-water-for-riley/

At the Big Reveal on 18 January, people asked what inspired the idea of Water for Riley. Here’s how the concept of a student designed drinking fountain in Riley Park originated…

12/01/2019