The City of Vancouver is looking for some community feedback about the future of neighbourhoods.
All of them.
The 'Complete Neighbourhoods' project will look at livability in the city; the City is looking at what makes an area livable and seeking input from the people that live in those areas.
"The City knows that today many neighbourhoods don’t offer a complete range of these amenities and services. By sorting out what’s important to residents, we can plan how to build more complete neighbourhoods in the future," states the city in a press release.
To that end, they're holding a series of events in the coming weeks to talk and map out what's good.
One part is a survey that can be completed at any time up to May 14. It looks a broad variety of subjects, from diversity to housing options to amenities. It'll take up to 15 minutes, depending on participants' choices.
Starting this week there are two types of workshops being held as well. One is the "My City, My Neighbourhood Mapping Workshops," which will be interactive discussion on what residents find desirable about a neighbourhood. A series of this type was held in March and the city found it popular.
"Participants will work individually in these workshops, with the support of the facilitator. Workshops are about 90-120 minutes and feature a series of guided mapping exercises," states the city on its website.
There are three more sessions planned: Wednesday, April 28 at 2 p.m.and Saturday, May 1 at 10 a.m. are set. One other session is being determined.
The other set of workshops run from April 21 to 29. Called "‘Sketching the Future’ Neighbourhood Design Workshops" they will focus on what people imagine neighbourhoods in Vancouver will look like in the future.
"The workshops will focus on the opportunities for positive change and transformation to support more affordable, diverse and sustainable neighbourhoods across the city," the city says on its website. "The conversation will be about general opportunities in low density neighbourhoods to make these areas more complete."
"No design experience necessary."
The three different parts will help inform city planners about what current residents of Vancouver want their neighbourhoods to look like in the future, so they can plan accordingly.
“We encourage everyone to participate in these conversations that will shape decisions about how our city grows and changes into the future to become more a more affordable, sustainable and equitable place to live, work and raise a family," says Theresa O’Donnell, Acting General Manager of Planning, Urban Design and Sustainability in the press release.
