Hagersville Streetscape Plan

Community Improvement Plan
The County adopted the “Haldimand County Downtown Areas
Community Improvement Plan” in 2008, for the Caledonia,
Cayuga, Dunnville, Hagersville and Jarvis urban areas and the
hamlet of Selkirk. A Community Improvement Plan (or “CIP”) is a
planning tool under Section 28 of the Planning Act that establishes
a long‐term and comprehensive strategy for improvements within
a defined area of a municipality, based on a defined need or set of
needs. A CIP allows a municipality to undertake a number of
actions, including acquiring, rehabilitating, and disposing of land;
providing grants and loans to property owners and tenants; and
undertaking infrastructure and public space improvements.
The Haldimand CIP offers four financial incentive programs to
property and business owners in the CIPAs: an Application and
Permit Fees Refund Program; a Downtown Housing Grant
Program; a TIER program for large scale capital projects; a
Heritage Improvement Grant Program; and Façade Improvement
Grant Program. Coupled with these incentive programs, the CIP
identifies a series of County initiatives to assist in revitalization of
the CIPA areas. These initiatives includes the establishment of
urban design guidelines, streetscape improvements, public space
and trail improvements, intersection and crossing improvements,
and parking lot improvements.
Hagersville Streetscape Plan
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