Neighbourhood Identity
The Hazlett Lake neighbourhood is named after the Hazlett family who lived on the land since the early 1900s. The adjacent water body also shares the family’s name and has hosted not only the family’s memories and activities over the past century, but was also enjoyed by many students of the Crossroads School who would hold skating parties there during the winter.
To showcase the lake, this neighbourhood will provide many different opportunities for residents to enjoy outdoor recreation, strong physical and visual connections to the water body, and an interconnected multi-use trail system. These multi-use trails will make the lake accessible to the public and the inclusion of natural areas in the neighbourhood will give Hazlett Lake a unique feature that can be enjoyed by all residents.
Recreational Uses
The Hazlett Lake open space network has been designed as a safe and functional system that seamlessly connects all areas of neighbourhood together with the Hazlett Lake major park. Open spaces will be designed using a mixture of Environmental Reserves, Municipal Reserves, and Public Utility Lots that provide a variety of recreational areas for residents and visitors to enjoy.
Community Amenity Site
One community amenity site has been located within the Hazlett Lake neighbourhood to accommodate the possible development of a community use such as a temporary care facility, assisted living housing, adult or regular day care, a place of worship, or other uses proposed and approved by The City of Red Deer. This site was chosen to facilitate the development of a larger use such as a place of worship or other use that has higher traffic volumes or a notable impact on surrounding uses and as such may be best suited for location at the exterior of the community.
Parks and Amenities
The Hazlett Lake water body provides a prominent public destination that connects all areas within the Hazlett Lake MNP together. Proposed Open Space Network, this water body is the heart of the Hazlett Lake neighbourhood’s open space network and has been designed to form one piece of a larger park system. While the Lake is central to the neighbourhood’s open space network, each park in the neighbourhood has been carefully designed to offer looping multi-use trails and allow residents to enjoy outdoor recreation prior to the development of the Lake’s looping regional trail. All linear parks have been designed to lead residents toward the Lake. A mixture of park types have been provided in the Hazlett Lake neighbourhood to provide residents with places to enjoy nature, be active, safely connect with surrounding amenities, and socialize.