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Niagara Greenbelt Review

Urban Strategies undertook the Niagara Greenbelt Plan Review, which involved a robust community consultation program that engaged a broad range of Regional stakeholders and members of the public. Two rounds of consultation were held bringing together the perspectives of a range of interests including agriculture, environment and natural heritage, planning,...

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Durham Greenbelt Plan Review

Urban Strategies led a community consultation process for the Region of Durham to capture perspectives from a broad range of stakeholders regarding the Greenbelt Plan and Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan. The consultation program was positioned to identify key benefits, challenges and opportunities for legislative change in advance of the...

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Imagine Fredericton Growth Strategy and Municipal Plan

The City of Fredericton is growing. Due to its stable economy and high quality of life, projections show that the city will grow from 53,600 residents in 2011 to at least 81,000 and as many as 93,600 by 2041. In order to plan wisely for this growth, the City of...

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Capital Region Board Growth Plan Review and Update

The Capital Region Board consists of 24 member municipalities, representing the municipalities that surround Alberta’s provincial capital city, Edmonton. The Edmonton Metropolitan Region is one of the fastest growing regions in Canada, and is anticipated to grow to a region of two million people by 2044. In 2010, the Province...

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Halton Region

Sustainable Halton Growth Management Study (2007 - 2009) As part of Halton Region’s ongoing efforts to respond to the evolving Provincial Policy context, Urban Strategies Inc., in association with Amos Environmental, undertook a study to develop a ‘Made in Halton’ Growth Management Strategy that addresses the policies and targets contained...

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Ontario Tech University Downtown Oshawa Feasibility and Master Plan Study

Urban Strategies Inc. was retained by the Ontario Tech University (formerly Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)) to undertake a feasibility and master plan study for the planned expansion of its downtown campus. Founded in 2002, Ontario Tech University is Ontario’s youngest University, but has grown rapidly to an enrollment of...

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Vaughan Official Plan

The City of Vaughan is located in York Region, part of the Greater Toronto Area. This area of Ontario is forecast to receive considerable growth in population and employment by 2031. The build-out of the City of Toronto and rapid growth of the surrounding suburbs has had a significant impact...

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Bremner & Colchester Growth Management Strategies

Between 2013 and 2016, Urban Strategies was retained by Strathcona County to assist them in planning for future growth. The County’s existing urban community, Sherwood Park, was nearly built out, and two potential new growth areas, Bremner and Colchester, had been identified. Urban Strategies was first retained to prepare a...

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Downtown Pickering Intensification Study

Urban Strategies was retained by the City of Pickering to undertake what was first referred to as the Downtown Pickering Intensification Study in January 2011. Over the course of a two year study period, the project team engaged stakeholders and the general public to develop a framework for intensification, investment...

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Saint John Official Plan

Saint John is a waterfront city with a proud industrial past and present. The last municipal plan was over 25 years old and anticipated a tripling of Saint John’s population. The development footprint has continued to sprawl outward. Saint John is engaging in a number of initiatives to attract new...

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Toronto Tall Buildings

Urban Strategies led a multi-disciplinary team in developing a strong, detailed, defensible, and comprehensive set of performance standards for tall buildings in Toronto’s downtown core. The final report identifies appropriate locations and heights for tall buildings and set out regulations for how they should be designed in order to relate...

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Red Deer Environmental Master Plan

In partnership with Halsall Associates, Urban Strategies is developing an Environmental Master Plan for the City of Red Deer. Red Deer, centrally located in the province of Alberta, is a fast-growing community facing environmental issues associated with land consumption and development, population growth and the natural resource-related industries that support...

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Places to Grow

Urban Strategies was a major contributor to the development of a growth management plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region of Ontario. This mega-region of 110 different municipal jurisdictions (with Toronto at its centre), is expected to grow by 3.7 million people and 1.8 million jobs by 2031, making it one...

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City of Guelph

Guelph is a historic city of 125,000 located between the regions of Toronto and Waterloo. Committed to growing sustainably and revitalizing its downtown, the City hired us to prepare a city-wide Urban Design Action Plan and facilitate a visioning charrette for the core. The Action Plan focuses on strategic “areas...