12.6 Downtown
Principle
Grow and reinforce Downtown as St. Albert’s civic and cultural heart, a thriving business district, and a dynamic neighbourhood.
Downtown St. Albert is an exciting, vibrant place where residents, visitors, businesses, and government gather. It is a place to shop, celebrate history and the arts, and enjoy outstanding events and entertainment. Building on existing assets and continuing to invest in the public realm is critical to growing Downtown as a unique, attractive, urban neighbourhood, where residents get around by walking, cycling, or taking public transit. The following policies focus on the public realm of Downtown. Other policies applicable to Downtown can be found in Sections 6 and 14.
“Public space is for living, doing business, kissing, and playing. Its value can’t be measured with economics or mathematics; it must be felt with the soul.”
– Enrique Peñalosa, urbanist and former mayor of Bogotá
Policies
12.6.1.
Ensure that the design of Downtown public spaces supports a range of programming, events, and daily use.
12.6.2.
Improve pedestrian, cycling, and transit connections to Downtown from surrounding areas, enabling greater access to Downtown.
12.6.3.
Enhance wayfinding signage by directing residents and visitors to Downtown and to the attractions located Downtown.
12.6.4.
Explore and facilitate rapid implementation pilot projects, initiatives, and other innovations led by the City or community groups, where such projects support the objectives for Downtown and
can be implemented safely. Such initiatives may demonstrate and test new urban design, mobility enhancements, and programming.
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