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3background The City of Edmonton has always been open to supporting bold design visions like City Hall, Capital Boulevard and Blatchford. That tradition continues today with the design of functional, beautiful civic buildings and walkable residential neighbourhoods. city of edmonton urban design framework pg 8 Administration understands that to keep revitalizing our neighbourhoods and building high quality spaces, the City of Edmonton needs stronger urban design policy, guidelines and a development-approval process based on design merit. The first step in opening new opportunities to build stronger relationships within the City’s planning and design realm occurred in January 2014, with the reorganization of the Urban Planning and Environment Branch to create the Planning + Design Section.
A consultant was engaged to evaluate the practice of urban design in Edmonton by looking at Edmonton’s urban design history, current policies and best practices. Following that, extensive staff surveys and interviews were conducted with key stakeholders to understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and possible threats for the future of design in Edmonton. From the key findings a number of principles and tangible recommendations were developed to help improve and create a robust urban design approach.
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