Brantford Waterfront Master Plan, City of Brantford

Brantford Waterfront Master Plan, City of Brantford

The Planning Partnership with Plan B Natural Heritage, Baird & Associates and TCI Management Consultants completed the CSLA Award winning Waterfront Master Plan for the City of Brantford. The year-long work program was organized around four consultation events that included a summit, two community workshops and an open house. There was a history of discontent among some residents and interest groups with the City. The public forums were very carefully designed to ensure productive input to the design team.

The Master Plan is framed within an in depth understanding of natural features along 35 km of the Grand River, and the diversity and richness of evidence of 11,000 years of settlement history. It is the compilation of input received from carefully listening to all of the stakeholders that was used to shape the defining principles and initiatives for 6 layers of the Plan: environment, parks, access, heritage and culture, destinations and neighbourhoods and districts. The complexity of issues were resolved to result in dozens of recommendations that are mutually supportive and complementary to each other.

The Brantford Waterfront Master Plan guides decisions with respect to lands along the Grand River, designated a Canadian Heritage River, within the urban boundaries of the City. The Plan enables Brantford to strategize for growth that is distinctly sensitive to restoring natural systems and protecting a rich tapestry of heritage and cultural resources. The Waterfront Master Plan was unanimously adopted by Council and broadly endorsed by the community