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A PROPOSED FRAMEWORK PLAN INFORMED BY PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK
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Following 18 months of engagement—and informed by extensive feedback from Downsview locals, Indigenous rights holders, and city-wide stakeholders—Northcrest and Canada Lands have developed a proposed Framework Plan for these lands at Downsview. The Plan will inform the amendment to the Secondary Plan for this area, so it may someday be the series of connected neighbourhoods that our participants have imagined.
The Framework Plan is a proposal and technical document that has been submitted to the City. Following their review, City staff will ask the community for feedback before updating the Downsview Area Secondary Plan.
Inspired by the local ravine network and Downsview Park, the lands will integrate green infrastructure, biodiverse habitat, gathering spaces, and play into the public realm to deliver on public health, ecosystem, sustainability, and resilience.
These lands will be knit back into the surrounding urban fabric with connections that will make it easy, convenient, and attractive for people to safely get around by walking, cycling, or taking transit.
This will be an inclusive place for people at all stages of life—where knowledge, wealth, power, and economic opportunities are shared—and one which is resilient in the face of the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Placemaking and placekeeping will acknowledge the legacy of aerospace innovation, reflect histories of Indigenous stewardship, and will be shaped by the dreams and cultures of the diverse residents that currently call Downsview home.
Future neighbourhoods will include vibrant public spaces and be inspired by the “15-minute City”, with everything accessible with a short walk, bike, or public transit ride.
Sustainability and resilience will be built into every element of urban life—land use and mobility; water, energy, and landscape; architecture and technology; and social, cultural, and economic practices—to respond to the changing climate and create attractive places to live and work.
Future neighbourhoods will include vibrant public spaces and be inspired by the “15-minute City”, with everything accessible with a short walk, bike, or public transit ride.
Establishing Complete Connected Communities
Sustainability and resilience will be built into every element of urban life—land use and mobility; water, energy, and landscape; architecture and technology; and social, cultural, and economic practices—to respond to the changing climate and create attractive places to live and work.
Achieving Inherent Sustainability & Resilience
Inspired by the local ravine network and Downsview Park, the lands will integrate green infrastructure, biodiverse habitat, gathering spaces, and play into the public realm to deliver on public health, ecosystem, sustainability, and resilience.
Cultivating City-Nature
These lands will be knit back into the surrounding urban fabric with connections that will make it easy, convenient, and attractive for people to safely get around by walking, cycling, or taking transit.
Connecting People & Places
This will be an inclusive place for people at all stages of life—where knowledge, wealth, power, and economic opportunities are shared—and one which is resilient in the face of the challenges of today and tomorrow.
Embedding Equity & Accessibility
Placemaking and placekeeping will acknowledge the legacy of aerospace innovation, reflect histories of Indigenous stewardship, and will be shaped by the dreams and cultures of the diverse residents that currently call Downsview home.
Honouring the Uniqueness of the Place and Its People
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Learn more about these Principles on pages 14-15 of the Framework Plan.
The Plan establishes a flexible framework to guide the incremental redevelopment of these lands in collaboration with the local community, rights holders, and stakeholders. Over many decades, this Plan aims to achieve these 10 objectives: (click to expand)
A GUIDE TO OUR APPLICATION
The Framework Plan is one part of an application to the City, which includes many documents. All are public. You'll soon be able to access all the components of the application on the City’s website. We’ve provided a guide to understanding all the parts of our application on our Co-Learning pages, here.
You can view the Framework Plan in its entirety here. You can also read details of the engagement feedback, which informed this Plan, in the Public Consultation Strategy Report. Below we provide highlights of the Framework Plan and how they relate to public policy and participant feedback.
A COMMUNITY-INFORMED PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
The Framework Plan is simply a proposal. It is an exciting step, but only one in a decades-long process of reimagining this place in collaboration with Indigenous rights holders, Downsview neighbours, the City, and many others.
The proposed Framework Plan for these lands is a response to the feedback received over three rounds of engagement. It is also shaped by a deep understanding of the local context and the City’s priorities and policies for this place, which greatly align with participant priorities and our priorities as landowners.
