JOYCE-COLLINGWOOD

Station Precinct Plan

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Station Precinct Plan has to offer

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WHY WE NEED A
PRECINCT PLAN
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LAND USE

The JC Precinct Review

was launched in 2014
to combine a land use
review with TransLinks
upgrades to JoyceCollingwood SkyTrain
Station

WAYS YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED

This Plan was developed over 18 months and was shaped by community
involvement from more than 1,000 people.

JUNE 2015
Open
House and
Workshops

OCTOBER 2015
Open
House

APRIL 2016
Learning
Event

FEBRUARY 2016
Open
House

JULY 2015
Check-in
Event

Current land use does

not take advantage of
highly suitable sites
around the station

JUNE 2016
Council
Report

THE PLAN
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KEY IDEAS

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THE VISION

Unify the area around the station with Collingwood Village

Create a stronger, more cohesive neighbourhood
Improve physical and social connections
Add housing near rapid transit
Create a more active, vibrant, local shopping street

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 Opportunities to deliver 30%

of new units as mixed-income
affordable rental housing
Allow for more ownership +
rental housing

Encourage more diverse forms

of housing to meet needs
including family housing
(townhouse, apartment, mid-rise
and high-rise buildings)

Provide a continuous +
improved shopping street
Provide wider sidewalks + street
trees

More shops + services

Encourage a neighbourhoodscale grocery store

Land Use and

Density

Mixed-use towers at Joyce St

and Vanness Ave
Mix of tower + mid-rise
buildings on the St. Marys
Parish site in conjunction with
school replacement + more
affordable housing

Additional mid-rise buildings

near the station
6 storey apartment buildings
along Vanness Ave
4 storey apartment + townhouse
buildings in transition areas

Transportation

TransLink is currently expanding

the east station house to
improve convenience, safety +
capacity
Future station upgrades will
allow for more bus service + will
connect the BC Parkway across
Joyce St

Vanness Ave will become oneway westbound near the station

after the west station house is
upgraded
Improve the sidewalk network
Create an accessible pathway
under the guideway connecting
Ann St + Gaston St

Affordable
Housing

Local Retail
and Services

Public
Benefits
Strategy

Increase affordable housing

Improve pedestrian connections
+ public spaces
Provide additional childcare
Improve local parks + expand in
the future

Explore renewal and expansion

of Collingwood Library Branch
near Joyce-Collingwood station
Fund the Collingwood
Neighbourhood House Annex

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