Jenny Gerbasi, city councillor for Fort Rouge/East Fort Garry, believes establishing individual neighbourhood plans is critical for successful development…
Neighbourhood plans are composed to address unique development issues associated with specific neighbourhoods, added Gerbasi.
For example, the City of Winnipeg is currently in the process of composing one such plan for the Osborne and Corydon area. The plan means to emphasize the importance of pedestrian-oriented, sustainable development for the area.
Planning Winnipeg’s neighbourhoods | The Uniter: Winnipeg’s Weekly Urban Journal
City planners must realize that the future is going to bring a more densely populated Downtown and surrounding area. Making this area more liveable by improving its walkability and allowing for more mixed use property will be essential. But this also needs to happened all over the city, even the suburbs.
