reGENERATE: A Vision for 22nd Street Neighbourhood
The City has launched a visioning process to imagine the future of the neighbourhood around the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station. Join us in creating a climate-friendly neighbourhood where everyone can thrive!
Background
The area around the 22nd Street SkyTrain Station is identified in the City’s Official Community Plan (OCP) as an area intended to accommodate higher-density development, with good access to transit and amenities. With input from the community, and in collaboration with local First Nations, the City is developing a long-range Vision for the future of this neighbourhood. This Vision will help set the land use framework to enable growth and change in alignment with community aspirations and priorities, for decades to come.
Process and Framing
To support the City’s commitment to climate action, the Vision will focus on identifying how to create a climate-friendly future, guided by the City’s Seven Bold Steps for Climate Action. The Vision will also be framed by Council’s Strategic Priorities Plan, and the City’s commitments to truth and reconciliation such as applying lessons from A Year of Truth.
To reach a Vision, we are integrating the following:
- ideas and direction from local First Nations,
- input and priorities from community members (see a summary of community engagement activities and findings here),
- ideas from participants in the reGENERATE Ideas Challenge (see the reGENERATE website for a summary of the winning submissions)
- the minimum density framework from the new Provincial legislation on Transit Oriented Development areas (more information on the City’s webpage); and
- technical analysis.
To learn more about the visioning and engagement processes to date, scroll down to Phases to read our past project updates.
Big Moves for a Bold Vision
Building on community input and the reGENERATE Ideas Challenge themes, aligning with Council’s Strategic Priorities Plan, and integrating priorities from First Nations, the Vision calls for the following eight Big Moves:
The Big Moves became the Vision’s chapters. Click here to see the draft Big Moves and strategy highlights. Each chapter includes a range of strategies for achieving its goal, and most include further detail on strategy highlights, such as a allowing for development of a mixed-use tower precinct in the pedestrian-oriented Transit Village, or 21st Street and adjacent streets offering groceries, restaurants, shops and services.
How did Community Input on the Big Moves Inform the Vision?
In September 2024, community members provided input through a survey and drop-in engagement event on the proposed “Big Moves” and strategy highlights. Feedback was generally supportive of the emerging directions. Click here to read the summary. Comments received informed further refinement of the Vision. The following table outlines how the three key outstanding concerns were addressed in the Vision:
Phases
Develop & Refine Vision
Project Update, December 17, 2024:
Staff are excited to share that work has been completed to develop a Vision for the 22nd Street Neighbourhood. Click here to read the Vision, and scroll down to see how your input influenced the plan! Council endorsed the Vision at their December 16 Workshop. Click here to view a recording of the meeting and to read a copy of the staff report.
More details on how the plan will be put into place are coming in 2025. Stay tuned here for details!
Project Update – October 1, 2024
Thank you for reviewing the big moves and strategy highlights for the 22nd Street Station Vision. The survey has now closed. Feedback is being reviewed and incorporated as the Vision is refined. The final Vision is anticipated to come to Council for decision-making by the end of 2024.
Project Update – September 10, 2024
After integrating input, priorities, and feedback from the community with ideas surfaced in the Ideas Challenge, and other more technical considerations, eight Big Moves have been identified as the foundation of a Vision for 22nd Street Station Area. These are detailed below.
We would love to hear from you:
📋 Complete a survey on the Vision’s eight Big Moves and some key strategies. Survey closes on September 30.
📍 If in-person is your preference or you would like to talk with City staff, a drop-in engagement event is also being held on Tuesday, September 24, from 6:00-8:00 pm at the Pentecostal Assembly church in Connaught Heights (2201 8th Ave).