West Park Community Association marks 60 years
For 60 years, the West Park Community Association (WPCA) has been in existence, uplifting the neighbourhood which abuts the QEII Highway.
West Park is a diverse neighbourhood age-wise, no doubt, in that it’s largely older, but it also has a new school and neighbours Red Deer Polytechnic.
WPCA President Stephen Merredew and crew hosted a 60th birthday celebration Saturday, outside the city’s oldest neighbourhood shopping centre (3722 57 Avenue) — that fact confirmed by city councillor and well-known historian Michael Dawe. The West Park Shopping Centre dates back to the 1950s.
Local shops took part in the festivities as a classic car show happened outside, while across the street was the grand opening of a new gazebo the WPCA has been raising money for over several years.