Riverbend is a residential area in the southwest portion of the City of
Edmonton
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in
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,
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. It was established in 1972 through Edmonton City Council's adoption of the Riverbend-Terwillegar Heights District Outline Plan, which originally guided the overall development of Riverbend and
Terwillegar Heights to the south, and the Riverbend Implementation Plan.
As of 1978, Riverbend was the portion of the outline plan area that was within Edmonton's city limits as they existed at the time.
[ In 1979, Edmonton City Council adopted the Riverbend Area Structure Plan to guide further development of the southern portion of Riverbend.][
The community is represented by the Riverbend ]Community League
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, established in 1970, which maintains a community hall
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located on Rhatigan Road East beside the Earl Buxton School.
Neighbourhoods
The Riverbend area originally included nine residential neighbourhoods, of which six were originally planned under the Riverbend Area Structure Plan (ASP) and three to the north that were already existing at the time the ASP was adopted.[ Today, the Riverbend area includes the following:]Brookside Brookside may refer to:
Geography Canada
* Brookside, Edmonton
* Brookside, Newfoundland and Labrador
* Brookside, Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
* Brookside, Berkshire, England
* Brookside, Telford, an area of Telford, England
United States
* Br ...
;
* Bulyea Heights;
* Carter Crest;
* Falconer Heights;
* Henderson Estates;
* Ogilvie Ridge;
* Ramsay Heights; and
* Rhatigan Ridge.
Land use plans
In addition to the Riverbend Area Structure Plan, the following plans were adopted to further guide development of certain portions of the Riverbend area:
*the Bulyea Heights Neighbourhood Structure Plan (NSP) in 1986,[
*the Carter Crest NSP in 1989,][
*the Falconer Heights NSP in 1989,][
*the Henderson Estates NSP in 1980,][
*the Ogilvie Ridge NSP in 1981,][ and
*the Rhatigan Ridge NSP in 1979,][
]
Surrounding areas
See also
* Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
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References
{{Edmonton neighbourhoods
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton