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Vision, Goals & Objectives

The Vision

To create an interconnected network of outstanding linear parks, serving all forms of non-vehicular movement, linking points of interest throughout the City, and providing healthy and diverse transportation and outdoor recreation opportunities.

Goals & Objectives

Recreation


Create an interconnected network of outstanding linear parks, serving all forms of non-vehicular movement, linking points of interest throughout the City and providing healthy and diverse transportation and outdoor recreation opportunities.
Connections



Provide trail connections that increase Citywide and neighbourhood connectivity, with links to parks, schools, transit nodes, natural areas, waterfronts, urban centres, heritage buildings and landscapes, landmarks, tourism accommodations, public facilities and Regional District trails.
Accessability

Provide equitable access to the degree possible, regardless of physical ability, financial resources, or residence location.
Ecology


Protect and enhance environmentally sensitive areas, providing educational opportunities to understand their values, while balancing the accommodation of public access.
Landscape Character


Locate the trail system so that it offer opportunities to appreciate Kelowna’s unique landscape characteristics, e.g. water views, hillside views, mountain tops, creek systems, irrigation flumes, agricultural landscapes, outcrops, bluffs, forests, marshes, small lakes and ponds.
Tourism
Provide a trail system that will be a desirable attraction for tourists, in terms of location, character, quality and support infrastructure.

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