-submitted by Caitlin Brandon, Belgravia resident and member of Belgravia’s Planning & Development Committee. Thanks, Caitlin. Implementation of the McKernan/Belgravia Transit Oriented Development (TOD) has the potential to create significant change in our neighborhood. The City is now in phase II of the project: exploration and evaluation of alternatives (Dec 2011 – Mar 2012). The next…
- Report from Rob Tarulli, Planning & Development Chair, Belgravia Community League. Thank you, Rob. Over the past few months, the City of Edmonton has approached both the Belgravia and McKernan Community Leagues about a proposed Transit Oriented Development (TOD). TODs are means of creating “complete communities”. In other words, they are way of enabling…
Many Belgravia residents will be aware through recent media reports that the South Campus Neighbourhood Coalition (SCNC) has asked for court intervention in relation to development on the University of Alberta’s South Campus. Belgravia is a member of the SCNC. Although the headlines focussed on the under-construction radioisotope facility, the key issue is ensuring that…
The City of Edmonton is launching a pilot project with McKernan and Belgravia about future development of neighbourhoods adjacent to LRT stations and what types of residential and development approaches would work for residents. The approach is called “Transit Oriented Development” (TOD). You can find out more about the City’s TOD guidelines here. A TOD open…
Belgravia Community League is a member of the South Campus Neighbourhood Coalition. The South Campus Neighbourhood Coalition (SCNC), initiated in September 2010, is supported by formal resolution of community leagues from Aspen Gardens/Westbrook, Belgravia, Bonnie Doon, Grandview, Lansdowne, Lendrum, Malmo, McKernan, and Parkallen. The coalition formed because the process through which the University of Alberta…