Comment 49666

By Imperial (anonymous) | Posted October 16, 2010 at 15:10:52

On the Community Improvement Plan - there has been no official area defined yet for the CIP to my knowledge. CIPs and Incentive Zones do tend to limited by geographic boundaries - meaning it's extremely rare that they are City-wide (I think legally by definition they cannot be City-wide in fact). So this new zoning study will likely not help all cultural organizations in one broad sweep.

The best we can hope for is a study that allows the creative industries from across the city to voice their concerns and needs with respect to physical development and investment that allows numerous zones and programs to be created - not just a downtown, or east end or Dundas plan - but pockets throughout the City.

It would also be interesting to see if a CIP can be developed City-wide but focused on creative/cultural/quality of life enhancing indicators - so don't limit the geography > focus on the desired outcomes instead. This might encourage mixed use, creative infrastructure, more dynamic housing and park development, targeted commercial and retail (ie neighbourhood hardware and grocery stores), etc.

I really hope the City hires the right consultant/community leaders or pulls together the right staff complement to deliver a study focused on deliverable results > not just the weight of the final report.

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