Dale Hodges

Hodges was born in Saskatchewan on May 19, 1941. His family moved to Alberta when he was five. He lived in Calgary from 1952 and in northwest Calgary from 1975. ==Early career==

Hodges worked as a librarian with the Calgary Public Library from 1967 to 1983. == Tenure as Alderman ==

The area he served—Ward 1—includes the communities of Bowness, Canada Olympic Park, Crestmont, Greenwood Village/Green Briar, Montgomery, Rocky Ridge, Scenic Acres, Silver Springs, Tuscany, University of Calgary, University Heights, Valley Ridge, and Varsity. In 1983, when he was first elected, Ralph Klein was mayor. Over the next thirty years, Hodges "served alongside five mayors and 50 aldermen." During that period "Calgary hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics and expanded numerous urban parks including Nose Hill Park and Baker Park as well as recreation facilities. The 1988 Winter Olympics, Baker Park and the "long-awaited northwest LRT" built during Hodges' tenure, are considered to be among his career highlights. ==Dale Hodges Park==

On April 25, 2017, the City of Calgary announced that east Bowmont Park would be renamed the Dale Hodges Park to recognize Hodges' contributions to the city as "Calgary’s longest-serving member of council". One of the main focuses of the project was stormwater treatment before entering the Bow River. ==Personal life and death==

Hodges lived in his Bowness home on the Bow River, which had been built in 1961, until the 2013 Alberta floods. ==References==