Building Great Neighbourhoods - Gariepy

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Gariepy has been chosen for Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The planning and design is currently underway with construction anticipated to start in 2024.

Community Feedback on Final Design - October 2023

Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the Community Feedback on Final Design stage of Gariepy Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. The online survey closed on October 8, but you can still review the final design.

The public engagement activities and participation are summarized in the Engagement Summary.

The What We Heard report for the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage is also ready. We are committed to using the feedback from the previous stage to shape the final design for Gariepy.

Your feedback will be considered as we finalize the design for Gariepy Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal. We will be reaching out to you again in spring 2024 as we enter the Preparing for Construction stage of Neighbourhood Renewal.

Local Improvement Options

A Local Improvement is a construction project undertaken near or adjacent to residents’ properties which is considered more beneficial to the property owner and local area than to the City as a whole. These include upgrades to street lights and sidewalks.

Decorative Street Blades

As part of the Gariepy Neighbourhood Renewal, the community has the option to receive decorative street blades throughout the neighbourhood at no additional cost to property owners.

About the Project

Neighbourhood Renewal rehabilitates residential roads, replaces street lights, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, and adds missing sidewalk links, where possible. Other opportunities to improve how people walk, bike, roll, drive and gather in the neighbourhood, and how they enjoy City-owned parks and open spaces are also explored.

Alley Renewal will be included as part of the Gariepy neighbourhood reconstruction. Alley Renewal involves alley reconstruction and repaving, improvements to surface drainage where possible, and upgrading of existing alley lighting to LED fixtures. Utility assessments and repairs, along with removals and pruning of trees and shrubs, are also completed.

A series of public events will be scheduled by the project team which will give residents the opportunity to build a project vision and guiding principles together and provide regular feedback on the different stages of the project including design.

Cost sharing opportunities will be made available through the local improvement process for sidewalk reconstruction and decorative street light upgrades in the neighbourhood. Arterial roads are not included in the scope of work.

Local Improvements

Working Together to Make the Most out of Your Neighbourhood

The Building Great Neighbourhoods project team are genuinely interested guests, stepping into your neighbourhood like a visitor in your home. We want to learn and appreciate how you live and what you value in your community. Through public engagement we will gain an understanding about what you need and value in your neighbourhood.

We seek to involve you in decision making to shape the vision for engagement and neighbourhood improvements. Working together, we can make the most out of your neighbourhood.

How to Get Involved

We have created a road map to help you and your neighbours understand the steps of the renewal process and how you can participate. At each step we will tell you what the purpose is and how your input will inform the decisions being made. We commit to report back on how we used your input.

Concept Phase

The Concept phase is when we need to hear from you the most! We need your help to co-create a vision and guiding principles, explore opportunities, and explore options and tradeoffs. These are the most important pieces for your Neighbourhood Renewal and will be used to create a draft design to best meet your neighbourhood needs.

Design Phase

During the Design phase, we want your input on the refined designs for your neighbourhood. Your feedback will be incorporated into the final design, alongside technical requirements and City policies. These designs were created from the vision and guiding principles we co-created together. You shared your input, we incorporated your feedback, now we build!

Build Phase

During the Build phase, we want to hear your concerns about how construction may affect your private property.

Project Scope of Existing Roadways

Gariepy Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal

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Project History

Community Feedback on Draft Design - May 2023

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us during the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of Gariepy Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal! The survey is now closed, but you can still review draft design images and videos below.

A What We Heard Report will be released in the coming months summarizing your feedback on the draft design, but the engagement summary is available now.

Review design package

Exploring Options and Tradeoffs

Exploring Options and Tradeoffs Update

In fall 2022, we were in the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage of Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal where we shared design features and explained the tradeoffs of those options. The What We Heard Report (12MB) for that stage is now available.

Project Update - October 2022

The Gariepy Project Team has been working to come up with a set of options for renewing Gariepy’s roads, sidewalks, alleys, street lights and open spaces, using the input you provided us in the spring. We are now weighing these options with the associated tradeoffs.

To do this, we need your input!

Exploring Options and Tradeoffs

Review the Options and Tradeoffs proposed for Gariepy
Review the Exploring Options and Tradeoffs Engagement Summary

Project Update - July 2022

Thank you to everyone who engaged with us on the Building a Project Vision Together and Exploring Opportunities stages of the project. We appreciate everyone who took the time to provide feedback through the online survey and community conversations and participated in the virtual workshop and community walk.

Engagement Summary

What We Heard Report

Project Update - March 2022

The community survey and events have concluded. Thank you to everyone who engaged with the online survey from March 8 - 27, 2022 and participated in the virtual workshop and community walk.

Engagement Summary

Project Update - January 2022

Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal is coming to Gariepy and planning is underway!

Learn about Gariepy Neighbourhood and Alley Renewal and what’s coming. More details about the first community-wide engagement opportunity will be sent out in March 2022.

Gariepy Project Notification

For More Information

Mr. Courtney Beamish

Title	Delivery Project Manager
Email	courtney.beamish@edmonton.ca