Winnipeg, MB – With support from the Canada Community-Building Fund, the City of Winnipeg has begun work on an updated land use plan for the Point Douglas neighbourhood. The Point Douglas Neighbourhood Plan will create a collective long-term vision for the neighbourhood and guide all future development in the area.
Over the coming months, the City’s project team will attend events in the community and meet in-person with Point Douglas residents, landowners, and area stakeholders to learn about their priorities for the neighbourhood.
“We are excited to support this initiative that will improve transit access, create new spaces for people to come together, and start a new chapter for a historic neighbourhood,” said the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. “I am looking forward to seeing this plan develop in partnership with the residents of Point Douglas.”
“Point Douglas residents are a proud and passionate community,” said Councillor Vivian Santos, Point Douglas. "I am excited for them to be included in the development of this plan and have their values represented in the future of the neighbourhood. The Point Douglas Neighbourhood Plan will build on the immense character of the neighbourhood and seize on opportunities to make it a greener and more prosperous place.”
“Winnipeg’s first neighbourhood, the Point is a diverse neighbourhood with a great deal of potential,” said Councillor Ross Eadie, Mynarski. “It’s time that we take a look at how industrial and residential co-exist in Point Douglas and find a way to improve upon that. Point Douglas deserves to be a neighbourhood that thrives socially and economically.”
The Point Douglas Neighbourhood Plan will direct how land in the neighbourhood is to be developed. The plan will contain a vision, land use concepts, policy statements, and a strategy for realizing the vision. Once the neighbourhood plan is approved by the Council, it would become a secondary plan by-law, and all development proposals for the area must be consistent with the plan.
The City has hired a consultant to develop the detailed development plan. The budget for the project is $400,000, being contributed by Councillor Santos and Councillor Eadie through their wards’ share of the City’s Economic Response and Recovery Plan, funded through the federal Canada Community-Building Fund (CCBF).
More information on the Point Douglas Neighbourhood Plan and details on engagement activities is available at: Winnipeg.ca/pointdouglasplan.