Enoch Park, one of Calgary’s Beltline greenspaces, could be getting major upgrades later this summer for both local area residents and for visitors to the downtown.

Among the changes proposed to the park by the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) would be the addition of pickle ball and basketball courts, a skate park, a fenced-in dog park, new seating areas, and 12 electric vehicle charging stations.

These amenities would be installed on a parcel of land adjacent to where Enoch Park is now, which currently serves as a parking lot. No changes have been proposed by CMLC to the city-owned portion of the park area.

“We’re in an area that has these really intense episodic uses that have huge traffic volumes and huge activations attached to them, and we’re trying to balance that with a residential area as well, providing benefit back into visitors and residents,” said Clare LePan, Vice President, Communications and Strategic Partnerships for CMLC.

“[Enoch Park] interested us because it’s got a lot of traffic profile on Macleod Trail, but it also sits at the center point between downtown and the [Culture and Entertainment] district.”

She said that CMLC wants to encourage visitors as they travel to the downtown to have an improved journey through locations like parks.

The addition of electric vehicle chargers to the park area would be the second time that CMLC has installed chargers for electric vehicle owners, and the first at a park.

“It was a way to also provide an amenity and activity for electric vehicle drivers to have something to do while their vehicle charges,” said LePan.

The current 212 spaces in the temporary parking lot would be reduced to around 100 after the completion of the park upgrades.

The total cost for the park changes is expected to be $670,000.