Hagersville Streetscape Plan

4 What
Consultation Focus
was Heard
In a project such as the Hagersville Streetscape Plan which
impacts the everyday use of the community’s core area and how
people use it, community consultation is a critical component of
the project’s ultimate success. Consultation is an important step
in preparing an appropriate and implementable design for
downtown Hagersville. It plays a key role in not only generating
ideas from the outset but also generating community support for
the project. Ultimately the Streetscape Plan is intended to be a
“Made by Hagersville” solution for the challenges facing the area,
and not simply a “Made for Hagersville” solution.
The intent for the community consultation undertaken as part of
the Hagersville Streetscape Plan was not to duplicate the work
undertaken for the County Streetscape Plan, but rather build on
this work in developing a comprehensive plan for improvements
to the study area. The County Streetscape Plan identified a
higher level review of the challenges and issues facing the
Hagersville area, as well developing the series of Big Moves that
form the basis of overall improvements to downtown Hagersville.
The consultation for the Hagersville Streetscape Plan focused on
identifying the specific on‐the‐ground improvements that the
community desired to implement the general direction that the
Big Moves offered.
Source: “Haldimand County Streetscape Plan and Urban
Design Guidelines”, Office for Urbanism, January 2010
Hagersville Streetscape Plan
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