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Niagara Lakefront Enhancement Strategy

In 2012, Urban Strategies was retained by the Niagara Region to assist with the development of the Niagara Lakefront Enhancement Strategy (LES). The deliverables from this study are intended to be used as a framework that the Niagara Region can use to guide enhancement and improvement of public access to...

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Wood Buffalo Land Use Bylaw

In 2013 Urban Strategies, in partnership with ISL Engineering and Land Services, was retained by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo to prepare a new land use bylaw. The municipality covers a large area in northern Alberta and contains the rapidly growing city of Fort McMurray, a number of hamlets,...

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Imagine Urban Niagara: A Regional Urban Structure Strategy

Urban Strategies was retained to undertake an Urban Structure Study for Niagara Region to explore how a new Regional Urban Structure could guide economic development, job creation, and growth management. Recognizing that urban areas are key drivers of growth and prosperity, the Urban Structure Study assessed which areas have the...

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Metrolinx Regional Express Rail (RER) and Initial Business Cases (IBCs)

Urban Strategies led a consultant team in preparing eight Initial Business Cases to examine the feasibility of proposed new Regional Express Rail (RER) stations across the GO rail network. Potential sites were evaluated using criteria across four business cases: strategic / planning, financial, economic, and operations / delivery. The project...

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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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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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The Big Move Regional Transportation Plan

Retained by Metrolinx, a transportation agency created by the Government of Ontario, Urban Strategies and the consultant team were charged with developing a bold, transformational and sustainable Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. Framed around a series of discussion topics which create the basis for the RTP, Urban Strategies...

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Durham Regional TOD Study

Durham Region must plan to accommodate 960,000 people living and 350,000 employees in the Region by the year 2031, with 40% of this growth occurring within the existing built boundary. The realization of transit oriented development (TOD) will be a key factor in meeting these regional growth plan targets and objectives. In response, the...

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Ontario Transit Supportive Guidelines

Urban Strategies was retained to update Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation Transit-Supportive Guidelines, originally published in 1992. These new guidelines are a distillation of transit-friendly land use planning, urban design and operational practices, drawing from examples in Ontario, elsewhere in North America and abroad. Their aim is to assist urban planners,...

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Sustainable Niagara

In 2010, Niagara Region, with extensive community consultation, produced a Vision and eight Goals for their environmental initiative, Sustainable Niagara. The Sustainable Niagara Vision imagines the Niagara Region in 2060 as a leader in economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Urban Strategies, in partnership with Halsall, was retained to help Sustainable...

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Niagara Complete Streets

Streets are often the physical structure around which our cities are built, organizing patterns of land use, development, place-making and movement. They have a significant impact on the character, livability and economic vitality of our communities. Despite playing such important and diverse roles, they are often overlooked or not given...

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Waterloo Region Central Transit Corridor

The recently completed ION RT corridor in the Region of Waterloo provides enhanced mobility options for the three cities, dozens of neighbourhoods, multiple campuses, the downtowns, major civic institutions, business centres and community hubs along its 36 km (22 miles) extent. Recognizing the transit was about more than just moving...

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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...