RYAN’S PARK iS a cOMMUNITY dESIGNED tO wELCOME eVERYONE aND jOIN tHEM iNTO a cLOSE-KNIT, sUPPORTING cOMMUNITY.
What is a pocket community?
A neighbourhood whose design encourages connection and community. Aims to improve the quality of its residents’ lives.
Ryan’s Park Community will feature twenty-two townhomes circling a large centralized courtyard. The entrance of our community welcomes you with the Clubhouse that encapsulates the shared facilities.
Centrally located in the historic town of Kentville and is walking distance to the downtown core and close to all amenities: hospital, schools, stores, to name a few.
The town offers festivals, farmers market, recreational activities, walking trails and endless other possibilities for the enjoyment of the community of Kentville.
RYAN’S PARK iS oUR oPPORTUNITY tO mAKE a sMALL cHANGE tHAT mEANS tHE wORLD tO oTHERS.
Townhomes
Apartments
Club House
…AND aBOVE aLL, COMMUNITY!
“This housing complex fits so nicely because it tells who we are as a people. That in the midst of difficulties, we can be strong and this will strengthen our community... ”
Ground Breaking & Breaking Ground
Meet Susan Harvie - Advocate for Ryan’s Park
Susan is dedicated to providing a community for people whose voices are not recognized and who are the easiest to ignore. A community that works for them and where they are included. Where they can interact with others and take an active role in their community.
Susan Harvie (Ryan’s mother & advocate for Ryan’s Park) noticed the old KCA (Kings County Academy) school site was perfect for her idea of a pocket community and partnered with John Ghosn of ENQORE Developments to present the Ryan’s Park proposal to the Kentville Town Council.
There are many individuals that wish to be a part of a community and feel connected. It isn’t for lack of trying, it’s more a lack of opportunities.
Ryan’s Park Community will create this Opportunity.
Opportunity to meet, talk, and play with others.
Opportunity to make connections.
Opportunity to be Yourself!
“What we need are projects like this one because they are inspiring but educational. They educate us to the possibility of “don’t sell ourselves short.” Don’t sell other people short. To have confidence that there is always another way to do things.”
Michael Kendrick - Nova Scotia-born International Consultant on Housing Systems
“We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so we both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and of course inclusion”
John Ghosn - Real Estate Developer, Nova Scotia
“This housing complex fits so nicely because it tells who we are as a people. That in the midst of difficulties, we can be strong and this will strengthen our community here in the Valley and in Nova Scotia.”
Honourable Leo Glavine - Minister of Communities, Culture, & Heritage, Administer of Seniors
"From a community planning perspective, schools have been considered a neighbourhood anchor and focal point. That they define a neighbourhood’s character and promote a strong sense of community for residents. This is what Ryan’s Park will bring back to Kentville”
Sandra Snow - Mayor of Kentville, Nova Scotia
Our Inspiration - Meet ryan
Inspiration for our projects has always been rooted in the location we are developing. History often spurs the motivation bit is a not to what has come before us or a historical figure associated with the area. The inspiration for Ryan’s Park though is dedicated solely to Susan Harvie and her love for her son and her dedication to the community of Kentville. Susan’s dream was to provide her autistic son Ryan a home that was centered around the community instead of the institutional group home where he was living. Susan knew the Municipality of Kentville was eager to reinvent this area of School Street and have it become part of the community again, as it was in years gone by with the school. Susan recognized that a pocket community was the ideal solution.