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Regional Council December 8, 2009

Penhorn/Woodlawn Community Liaison Group. Vision & Action Plan. Regional Council December 8, 2009. Who Are We?. William Zebedee. Joe Grigg. Sarah During. Charles Webber. Marilyn Danells. Patrick O’Brien. Public Consultation. Public Forums (2) Met with community organizations

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Regional Council December 8, 2009

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  1. Penhorn/WoodlawnCommunity Liaison Group Vision & Action Plan Regional Council December 8, 2009

  2. Who Are We? William Zebedee Joe Grigg Sarah During Charles Webber Marilyn Danells Patrick O’Brien

  3. Public Consultation • Public Forums (2) • Met with community organizations • Focused Workshops (4) • Lego exercise, Visual Preference Surveys • Facebook Page & HRM Website • Survey of identified themes (over 300) • Distributed to households and businesses • Draft presented to the public

  4. Survey Themes Natural Environment & Parks Transportation Commercial Development Residential Development Public Spaces & Activities Programs & Services

  5. Natural Environment & Parks • Vision: Stewardship of parks, lakes, wetlands and forested areas to conserve, expand and enhance • Audit of existing parks • Clean lakes (water quality and litter) • Trails around lakes • Protect public access to lakefronts • Promotion of natural assets

  6. Transportation Vision: Sustainable, efficient, accessible and safe transportation options Non-motorized link between Penhorn and Woodlawn neighbourhoods Pedestrian & bicycle connectivity Local transit connections Improved cross-walks Reduced congestion of Portland St. corridor

  7. Commercial Development Vision: Vibrant commercial centre built to human scale & caters to the daily needs of local residents Enable mixed-use/live/work, “urban village” redevelopment of Penhorn Mall Investment in Portland Street beautification Middle Portland Street Business Association

  8. Residential Development Vision: Safe, stable, affordable and beautiful neighbourhoods; quality of life and housing options for all life stages. Established neighbourhoods = low to medium density Penhorn Mall = medium to high density mixed-use, transit and pedestrian friendly redevelopment

  9. Group 1 Group 2

  10. Community Spaces & Activities • Vision: Community buildings, public art and public spaces exhibit pride, a sense of place, history and belonging • A multi-use “community hub” • Skateboard park • Outdoor community ice rink • Programs for youth • Community events & festivals

  11. Who Will Make This Happen? Public & Private partnerships HRM Projects and Plan reviews Local interest groups Vision Implementation Committee Topic Teams Other levels of Government

  12. Penhorn Lake Clean-up Community Volunteers HRM Fire Services 18 shopping carts retrieved 23 bags of garbage collected

  13. What We Learned The 1.5 km boundary was limiting The inclusion of two distinct communities was an issue Penhorn Mall more of a factor than expected Uniqueness of area played a major role

  14. Next Steps • Further detail the Action Plan • Recruit volunteers for Vision Implementation

  15. Thank You

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