Creating open spaces and signage in the VMC
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Have your say on the City’s draft Parks and Wayfinding Master Plan for the downtown core
The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) is emerging as a vibrant hub for people to live, work and play. As part of the downtown’s evolution, the City is developing a VMC Parks and Wayfinding Master Plan to guide the creation of parks and open space in the area, and establish a signage strategy to make the core even easier to navigate. You can have a say and help refine the draft plan – get started at vaughan.ca/VMCParks.
The City is committed to ensuring that the downtown is developed as a complete and balanced community with modern amenities, transit and pedestrian-friendly options, and parks and open spaces. In addition, the core is envisioned to offer a vibrant sense of place, high-quality of life and environmentally sustainable design approaches that are accessible for all.
Targeted for completion in early 2022, the VMC Parks and Wayfinding Master Plan will include a design and implementation plan for emerging parks and open space. It will inform the development of citizen-focused public spaces, how they can be advanced over time, and how opportunities to enhance natural features, locate public art, improve multi-modal mobility and increase the area’s vibrancy can be incorporated. The signage and wayfinding component of the master plan will provide guidance by creating a strategy that will help assist residents and visitors in moving through the VMC, in addition to easily finding the local businesses, key destinations and institutions in the area.
You can help refine the draft plan.
The plan presents a rare opportunity to think boldly about the city, the way people understand and move through it, and the role of parks and open space in modern urban life. Public input continues to be vital to this plan’s success – and the City is once again asking the community to get involved. Now until Thursday, Dec. 9, visit vaughan.ca/VMCParks to learn what has been accomplished to date, read through the draft plan and share your thoughts. An online presentation has been created to outline the study’s goals, key findings, approach to the plan, park and facility options and more. Participants can also provide input through an open-form comment tool. Feedback collected will help staff refine and complete the draft plan.