Supporting diverse housing options to meet the evolving needs of existing and future residents

• Providing diverse housing types and choices throughout the Plan Area that respond to the changing needs of Calgarians, including age, ability, and lifestyle choices.
• Supporting and enabling the provision of diverse housing options including student housing, mixed-market housing, and non-market housing, especially in proximity to the major institutions of the University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, and Alberta Children’s Hospital.

Improving connectivity for all mobility options between destinations within and beyond the Plan area:

• Highlighting opportunities to improve streets, pathways, and linkages to key destinations such as transit, institutions, shopping, and places of employment.
• Identifying community corridor improvements throughout the Plan Area including Varsity Drive NW, 40 Avenue NW, 32 Avenue NW, 3 Avenue NW/Parkdale Boulevard NW, Morley Trail NW, 24 Avenue NW, 19 Street NW, 29 Street NW, and Home Road NW.
• Enabling people to live closer to public transit and improving connectivity through concentrating growth around areas served by public transit, transit station areas, and higher activity residential streets that link destinations to one another.

Strengthening transit station areas as community hubs for services and amenities

• Concentrating growth around the Red Line LRT and MAX Orange BRT stations, applying the highest building scales and a greater mixture of urban form categories to enable transit-oriented development.
• Supporting transit station areas as vibrant community hubs with services and amenities including publicly accessible infrastructure.
• Identifying opportunities for public space and pedestrian experience improvements within the Banff Trail transit station area, as a place to connect people to transit, shopping, McMahon Stadium, and Foothills Athletic Park/Foothills Multisport Fieldhouse.

Providing affordable and accessible recreational opportunities for all

• Supporting recreational opportunities that are affordable and accessible for residents of all ages, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.
• Identifying improvements to existing recreational opportunities including Shouldice Athletic Park, Foothills Athletic Park/Foothills Multisport Fieldhouse, and community facilities and spaces throughout the Plan Area.

Enhancing and conserving existing parks, open spaces, and natural areas

• Highlighting opportunities to enhance and invest in existing parks, open spaces, and natural areas including Shouldice Park, Dale Hodges Park, and community parks throughout the Plan Area.
• Recognizing the unique feature and significance of the Bow River pathway system by considering transitions in building scales towards the river and providing community improvements to protect and enhance natural areas surrounding the pathway.