For the past few years, 
the city has been renovating local parks in our neighbourhood, based on an earlier plan. The Corktown Parks Master Plan, with input from the local community, and facilitated by Councillor Pam McConnell, was developed in 2015, with plans for Bright St. Playground, Orphans’ Green (Dog Off Leash), Little Trinity Church Lands, Percy Park, Sackville Park, and Sumach‑Shuter Parkette. See April 2015 public meeting, and the finalized plan. (Presumably some Corktown residents provided input to this parks plan, but no details can be found on their website).
Feedback on initial plans for Sumach‑Shuter Parkette was gathered at a March 2019 public open house. In 2021, further input on the Sumach-Shuter Parkette redesign solicited from community members using “park signs, flyers to residents living directly around the park area, social media, promotions through Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam’s office (see 2019 and 2021 “tweets”). Here is the Feb 2021 neighbourhood survey. The reedesign of Sumach‑Shuter Parkette was completed in Feb 2022. Park reconstruction started in March 2024. No mention at that time of a possible renaming of the park. Our park reopened June 27, 2025.