About WMCL
Welcome to the West Meadowlark Community League
Location
West Meadowlark Park is a residential neighbourhood in west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The area was originally part of the Town of Jasper Place and became a part of Edmonton when Jasper Place amalgamated with the City of Edmonton in 1964.
The neighbourhood is bounded on the west by 170 Street, on the east by 163 Street, on the south by 87 Avenue and on the north by 95 Avenue.
History
The West Meadowlark Community League (WMCL) was incorporated in 1968 and the community hall was built in 1969.
WMCL has a fully accessible playground footprint (no sand), basketball standards, shaded picnic structure, spray park and maintains a hockey rink and social skating rink in the winter.
We started a community garden in 2017 and celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2018.
Schools
The community has 2 elementary schools (Annunciation Catholic School and Aleda Patterson (opened Fall 2021 as a K-3), and 2 high schools (St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School and Jasper Place Composite High School).
Residents of West Meadowlark Park can access West Edmonton Mall and the Misericordia Hospital is within our boundaries.
West Meadowlark Park is also home to a wonderful array of recreation and sports facilities. City run facilities in our neighbourhood include the Johnny Bright Sports Park, the Jasper Place Leisure Centre (now open!), the St. Francis Xavier Sports Centre and the Bill Hunter Arena.
Volunteer Today!
Volunteers are always needed. Help your community, help yourself! Get involved!
Rent the WMCL Hall
West Meadowlark Community Hall is the perfect location to host your family gathering, holiday party, child’s birthday party, baby or bridal shower, or company meeting. For pricing and application go to the tabs at the top "more" then "hall rentals" for all the details and pictures.
Our hall holds 100 people and is approximately 1,500 square feet (49’ x 29’). The front entrance offers a nice modern touch with tile flooring and a stacked split-face slate feature wall. The hall is bright, clean and very inviting.
Amenities include a large kitchen complete with a commercial cooler, microwave, stove with two warming drawers, large sink, large working area, and lots of storage shelves. We offer the use of our folding chairs and either our 6’x30” rectangular tables or our 4’x24” rectangular tables.
We have all the supplies necessary for cleaning after your event.
Adjacent to the hall is a recently installed playground with rubber surfacing and no sand. In the Summer months there is a Spray Park, and in the Winter, we have a skating rinks. We even have air conditioning!
Parking is on the street. We are wheelchair accessible from the front entrance.