Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) has been chosen for Neighbourhood Renewal. The planning and design is currently underway.

Exploring Options and Tradeoffs - August 2024

Thank you to everyone who engaged with the Project Team during the first round of Exploring Options and Tradeoffs stage of Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) Neighbourhood Renewal. The online survey closed on July 25, but you can still review the design options for Round 1: 

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

A What We Heard report summarizing feedback specific to the Vision and Guiding Principles from Round 1 will be available in the coming months. A full What We Heard Report summarizing all feedback from Exploring Options and Tradeoffs will be available following Round 2.

Watch for details later this year for Exploring Options and Tradeoffs Round 2.

The feedback gathered from both rounds of engagement will be used to create a draft design for Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) Neighbourhood Renewal. We will share the draft design with you and ask for your input when we move into the Community Feedback on Draft Design stage of Neighbourhood Renewal. 

We commit to using the priorities we heard during this engagement to inform the draft design for the project. 

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Truth and reconciliation is important to the City of Edmonton, and we recognize the neighbourhood name Oliver is difficult for some residents. In February 2024, Edmonton’s City Council voted to approve the Oliver Community League’s recommendation to change the neighbourhood name to Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ.

The City of Edmonton is pleased to begin phasing in use of the new name in all Neighbourhood Renewal materials in a hybrid manner in this stage. In the next stage, Community Feedback on Draft Design, the Neighbourhood Renewal Project Team will exclusively use the new neighbourhood name Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (pronounced We-Kwen-To-Win).

About The Project

Neighbourhood reconstruction 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, drive and gather in the neighbourhood, and how they enjoy City-owned parks and open spaces are also explored.

At the beginning of the project, the Project Team will work with the community to create a project Vision and Guiding Principles. People who live, work and play in Wîhkwêntôwin ᐄᐧᐦᑫᐧᐣᑑᐃᐧᐣ (Oliver) will be asked for regular feedback on the different stages of the project.

Cost-sharing opportunities will be made available through the Local Improvement process for sidewalk reconstruction and decorative street light upgrades in the neighbourhood. Most arterial roads and alleys are not included in the scope of work. 100 Avenue between 109 Street and 116 Street is in scope for this project. Some alleys in the 124 Street Business Improvement Area will be updated through the 124 Street BIA Alley Renewal project. 

Some alleys in the 124 Street Business Improvement Area will be updated through the 124 Street BIA Alley Renewal project. See the project page for more information.

Working Together to Make the Most of Your Neighbourhood

This is your city and your neighbourhood. We want to understand how you experience your neighbourhood and ask for your input on what we might do to make it better. We will engage and work with you on the renewal of roads, sidewalks, street lights and park spaces and promote other community opportunities to enhance how people live and interact in your neighbourhood.

We commit to being open and transparent about how your input is used. Let’s make the most out of your neighbourhood.