{"id":2064,"date":"2015-05-27T19:58:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T19:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geraniumhomes.com\/blog\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2015-06-17T12:47:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:47:50","slug":"stouffville-a-place-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/stouffville-a-place-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Stouffville is a Place to Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleKids.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2065\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleKids.jpg\" alt=\"StouffvilleKids\" width=\"749\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleKids.jpg 749w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleKids-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleKids-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleKids-192x128.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a> Kids can be kids in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofws.ca\/en\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Stouffville<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; it&#8217;s\u00a0the perfect place for families. \u00a0A town made up of friendly people and community spirit, it&#8217;s\u00a0a safe community where kids can play with friends on tree-lined streets in the summer and families can skate on outdoor rinks in the winter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2066\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleWinter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2066\" class=\"wp-image-2066\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleWinter.jpg\" alt=\"Winter activities abound in the town of Stouffville. \" width=\"950\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleWinter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleWinter-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleWinter-720x280.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2066\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter activities abound in the town of Stouffville.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In part four, the final post in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/tag\/stouffville\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stouffville series<\/a>, we wanted to look at what makes any hometown important: <em>\u00a0the ability to bring people together<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Even as Stouffville has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkregion.com\/news-story\/4327510-stouffville-fastest-growing-community-census\/\" target=\"_blank\">grown<\/a>, it\u2019s held on to its small town appeal. They\u2019ve put a lot of things in place to keep that family friendly charm. The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville has made a huge investment in parks, pools, playgrounds and schools with an eye to the future. With a brand new<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkregion.com\/news-story\/4539492-new-stouffville-skatepark-packs-them-in-on-opening-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\"> skate park<\/a>, well manicured baseball diamonds and freshly cut football fields, Stouffville\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofws.ca\/en\/recreation\/parks.asp\" target=\"_blank\">many parks <\/a>give residents a place to catch up with neighbours, and cheer on their family, friends and favourite <a href=\"http:\/\/stouffvilleyankeesbaseball.com\/venue.php?lang=1\" target=\"_blank\">hometown teams<\/a>. \u00a0Plus the many beautiful walking and bike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofws.ca\/en\/recreation\/trails.asp\" target=\"_blank\">trails<\/a>\u00a0offer the adventurous a\u00a0great way to spend the afternoon.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2067\" style=\"width: 781px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleBikeTrails.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2067\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleBikeTrails.jpg\" alt=\"Stouffville is developing an extensive trail system, many trails connecting to the large forested areas in York Region.\" width=\"771\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleBikeTrails.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleBikeTrails-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleBikeTrails-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/StouffvilleBikeTrails-192x128.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2067\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stouffville&#8217;s \u00a0extensive trail system includes trails that connect to the large forested areas in York Region.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Summers can also be spent cooling down at the brand new Whitchurch-Stouffville <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofws.ca\/en\/recreation\/leisure-centre.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Leisure\u00a0Centre<\/a>, right in the heart of Memorial Park. The focal point of the community, this Leisure Centre houses\u00a0an indoor pool, fitness centre and library.\u00a0The town also offers a host of kids programs and summer camps including hockey, football and soccer leagues, and a\u00a0full\u00a0line-up of family fun <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/stouffvillesummer\" target=\"_blank\">events<\/a> like the Stouffville <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strawberryfestival.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strawberry Festival<\/a>, Food &amp; Music Frenzy and Outdoor Movie Nights.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2068\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RecCentre.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2068\" class=\"wp-image-2068\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RecCentre-1024x453.jpg\" alt=\"Whitchurch-Stouffville Recreation Centre has a 25 metre accessible indoor pool.\" width=\"950\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RecCentre-1024x453.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RecCentre-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RecCentre-720x318.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/RecCentre.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Whitchurch-Stouffville Leisure\u00a0Centre has a 25 metre accessible indoor pool.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And the best part of all? Everything is within the walking distance! With endless summer activities to enjoy, Stouffville offers families a summer they\u2019ll fondly remember. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.townofws.ca\/en\/calendar\/events\/Default.aspx?StartDate=05\/01\/2015&amp;EndDate=12\/31\/2015&amp;Limit=25&amp;Page=1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for a full calendar of the town&#8217;s many events.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u00a02014 BILD Award Winner for <strong>Best Places to Grow Community of the Year<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\" target=\"_blank\">Geranium Homes<\/a>&#8216; Neighbourhoods of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/18T5ptK\" target=\"_blank\">Cardinal Point<\/a> is\u00a0proud to have roots in the town of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Whitchurch%E2%80%93Stouffville\" target=\"_blank\">Whitchurch-Stouffville<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2069\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FamilyFeature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2069\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2069\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FamilyFeature.jpg\" alt=\"Annual BBQ in the park for the Neighbourhoods of Cardinal Point\" width=\"750\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FamilyFeature.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FamilyFeature-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FamilyFeature-720x642.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/FamilyFeature-350x312.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Annual BBQ in the park for the Neighbourhoods of Cardinal Point<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids can be kids in Stouffville.  A town made up of friendly people and community spirit, it&#8217;s a safe community where kids can play with friends on tree-lined streets in the summer and families can skate on outdoor rinks in the winter. In part four of our Stouffville series, we look at what makes any  <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/stouffville-a-place-to-grow\/\">READ MORE ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,191,38],"tags":[85,84,281,578,280,89,86],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-lifestyle","category-sports-leisure","category-stouffville","tag-cardinal-point","tag-neighbourhood","tag-parks","tag-stouffville","tag-stouffville-series","tag-summer","tag-whitchurch-stouffville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2103,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions\/2103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geranium.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}