Chapter 1: Visualizing Growth

Chapter 1: Visualizing Growth

Vision and Core Values

Found in Chapter 1 of the Plan, the vision and core values provide a framework for growth and change that recognizes the elements that connect the Chinook Communities. 

Vision

The Chinook Communities will thrive as a place where people want to live, work, and play through a unique combination of diverse residential opportunities, walkable commercial spaces, innovative industrial areas, and healthy green spaces. Supported by a public space that fosters safe, active, and well-connected communities, the Plan will serve residents, employees, and visitors with the Red Line transit station areas and the Macleod Trail S Main Street acting as focal points.

Core Values

The following core values were developed through the engagement process and were used to shape the policies and guidelines in Chapters 2 and 3 of the Plan.

Hover over each core value to find out more.

Chinook Communities infogram description

Mobility and Housing Choices

  • Provide diverse housing choices with complementary mobility connections throughout the Plan area. Improve Macleod Trail S as the main corridor and encourage complementary mobility connections such as Elbow Drive SW to include safe, comfortable, and equitable year-round mobility options including pathways, cycling, wheeling, and pedestrian infrastructure. Support access to a range of housing, local green spaces, businesses, and transit.

Parks, Open Spaces, and Natural Areas

  • Enhance and improve parks, open spaces, and natural areas to create inclusive and programmable spaces for all ages, abilities, and seasons with a focus on protecting natural areas particularly along the Elbow River, Glenmore Reservoir, and Stanley Park.

Flexible Industrial Development

  • Encourage resilient and flexible low-impact industrial development east of Macleod Trail S that enables production and innovation alongside residential and commercial uses supported by transit, green infrastructure, visually appealing urban interfaces, and industrial transition.

Transit Oriented Development

  • Foster the contextual evolution of the Chinook and 39 Avenue SW transit station areas as social hubs that promote compact, distinct, safe, and vibrant areas through a unique mix of residential, commercial, and employment opportunities that enhance the public space and connect with the surrounding communities through public space and mobility investments.

Main Streets

  • Support a broad range of mixed-uses with diverse residential and commercial opportunities, placemaking initiatives, and enhanced connections within the Macleod Trail S and 50 Avenue SW Main Streets that create well integrated links to other key nodes and corridors such as Elbow Drive SW, 58 Avenue SW, and 61 Avenue SW.
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