[CLOSED] Where should civic facilities be located?

Civic facilities, which includes community centres, libraries, recreational facilities, as well as cultural facilities, such as performance venues, museums, galleries and arts spaces, are an important component in the delivery of community services, as well as creating an identity for the downtown.

Where should civic facilities be located within the VMC?

HERE ARE THE OPTIONS:

Option 1: Civic facilities are concentrated along Millway Avenue

Option 1 concentrates these civic facilities along Millway Avenue. These facilities may be incorporated into development (i.e. residential or mixed use buildings), or may be standalone buildings.

What does this mean?

• Civic facilities will be located along Millway Avenue.
• Millway Avenue will be the cultural destination of the VMC.

Option 2: Civic facilities are dispersed across the VMC

Option 2 takes a dispersed (“hub-and-spokes”) approach to the placement of civic facilities, where City- or region-serving facilities will be located along Millway Avenue, and local-serving facilities will be located within each quadrant (i.e. the sub-areas within the VMC divided by Jane Street and Highway 7) to improve local accessibility. These facilities may be incorporated into development (i.e. residential or mixed use buildings), or may be standalone buildings.

What does this mean?

• Civic facilities will be located throughout each quadrant (i.e. the sub-areas within the VMC divided by Jane Street and Highway 7).
• Millway Avenue will continue to be a cultural destination.
• Local accessibility to smaller facilities will be improved for residents.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

• Is it important to have a cultural destination in the VMC? Or does it make more sense to spread out facilities within each quadrant (i.e. the sub-areas within the VMC divided by Jane Street and Highway 7)?
• Do you think these civic facilities should be closely located to parks? Schools?
• What should these facilities look like? Standalone buildings? Or incorporated into development (i.e. residential or mixed use buildings)?