08-12-2025, 11:43 PM
Retired urban planner watches his work get ‘wiped out’ across Waterloo Region
Kevin Eby is the former director of community planning at the Region of Waterloo.
Urban planning and home building have seldom been in a bigger mess, says a retired urban planner who oversaw the region’s award-winning smart-growth plans.
Before retiring from the Region of Waterloo in 2015, Eby led the creation of the 2003 growth management plan, and the writing of two official plans that intensified new housing development along the light rail corridor while protecting farmland.
He also helped write the Places to Grow Act that aimed to curb urban sprawl across the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
Kevin Eby is the former director of community planning at the Region of Waterloo.
Urban planning and home building have seldom been in a bigger mess, says a retired urban planner who oversaw the region’s award-winning smart-growth plans.
Before retiring from the Region of Waterloo in 2015, Eby led the creation of the 2003 growth management plan, and the writing of two official plans that intensified new housing development along the light rail corridor while protecting farmland.
He also helped write the Places to Grow Act that aimed to curb urban sprawl across the Greater Golden Horseshoe.