03-16-2016, 08:59 AM
The Mount Hope-Breithaupt Park Neighbourhood Association have a new blog post on the King/Victoria Station.
There's not much in the way of updates there, but one thing to note is that they say they brought up the possibility of community space integrated into the station. Obviously that's a City responsibility, not a Regional one, but it's an interesting thought and maybe something the City should consider with this development.
I'm not sure I agree with their logic that development has been increasing, but no new community centres have been built for years. Since those community centres were built, downtown's population has mostly been shrinking. Then again, if we're hoping and planning for intensification in the future, community space is one thing that the new population will need, and this doesn't seem like a bad place for it.
I go to the Breithaupt Centre a lot, and it does seem to be well-used. I'm less sure about the community centre at Weber and Ontario. Between those two (and the downtown library, and the arena on Walter), people living around King and Victoria would seem to me to have pretty good access to community resources. But we don't want them to be overburdened, and maybe some new community space more tailored to the changing needs of the community would be called for. I would have no idea of how much and what exactly would be justified.
There's not much in the way of updates there, but one thing to note is that they say they brought up the possibility of community space integrated into the station. Obviously that's a City responsibility, not a Regional one, but it's an interesting thought and maybe something the City should consider with this development.
I'm not sure I agree with their logic that development has been increasing, but no new community centres have been built for years. Since those community centres were built, downtown's population has mostly been shrinking. Then again, if we're hoping and planning for intensification in the future, community space is one thing that the new population will need, and this doesn't seem like a bad place for it.
I go to the Breithaupt Centre a lot, and it does seem to be well-used. I'm less sure about the community centre at Weber and Ontario. Between those two (and the downtown library, and the arena on Walter), people living around King and Victoria would seem to me to have pretty good access to community resources. But we don't want them to be overburdened, and maybe some new community space more tailored to the changing needs of the community would be called for. I would have no idea of how much and what exactly would be justified.