Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Introducon: West Broadway BIZ Character 2. Master Plan Goals and Objecves 3. Master Plan Key Features 4. BIZ Entry & Important Intersecons Concepts 5. Streetscaping 6. Storefront Improvement Program 7. Planned Development Overlay 8. Recommendaons & Priories 9. Cosng
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If you were to visit West Broadway today, you would nd: A walkable community with a neighbourhood focus and an eclecc range of locally owned businesses An organically growing community of local businesses, shops and restaurants, forming an up and coming commercial district within the City of Winnipeg Acve stewardship groups and community gardening promong a Green lifestyle and community image An emerging cycling and pedestrian culture linking into the Citys riverfront parkway acve transportaon network Diverse community both ethnically and economically Arsc richness with many community based art programs and events (Sherbrook Street Fesval, Snowball Fesval, Art City Parade ) Strong youth outreach programs culvang community pride Majesc elms and other mature trees lining the boulevards and streets A high density residenal neighbourhood A community bounded on the south by the Assiniboine River with direct access to Winnipegs infamous winter ice trail and cycling network
The West Broadway BIZ Master plan outlines excing opportunies to grow an incredibly engaged and redeveloping neighbourhood.
To accomplish these goals, the Master Plan included the following objecves:
ENHANCE BROADWAY & MARYLAND IMPORTANT INTERSECTION Create a south-bound gateway using oversized eye-catching planter and planng. DEVELOP HIGHLY VISIBLE BIZ GATEWAY AT PORTAGE AVE. AND BROADWAY Develop BIZ gateway using oversized eyecatching planters, reecve of green and gardening character of the BIZ CONTINUE TO REJUVENATE SHERBROOK STREET, PRIMARY COMMERCIAL STREET Reinforce the momentum of commercial redevelopment on the corridor with streetscaping that will create vibrant and walkable district: Inll tree planng New contemporary site furnishings Incenves for faade re-development Encourage spill out of businesses onto the sidewalk REJUVENATE MARYLAND ST. GREEN CORRIDOR Enhance green corridor and residenal quality of Maryland St. with inll tree planng on sodded boulevards. Establish commercial streetscaping elements for independent businesses that are o of the main commercial corridors.
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ENHANCE BROADWAY & SHERBROOK ST. IMPORTANT INTERSECTION Create a pedestrian scaled intersecon with tree planng and hedges, waynding icons and branding to encourage pedestrian link between two primary commercial streets
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UPGRADE BROADWAY & YOUNG ST., IMPORTANT INTERSECTION Reinforce this important community connecon to Neighbourhood Centre by creang a pedestrian friendly intersecon with planng, waynding icons and branding.
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DEVELOP HIGHLY VISIBLE BIZ GATEWAY AT OSBORNE ST. AND BROADWAY Develop BIZ gateway at intersecon of Broadway and Osborne St. with highly visible and compelling BIZ brand graphics.
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REJUVENATE BROADWAY, PRIMARY COMMERCIAL STREET Enhance commercial district of Broadway with streetscaping that will create vibrant and walkable district: Inll tree planng, New contemporary site furnishings Incenves for facade redevelopment Landscaping of building setback areas to provide seang, pao spaces CREATE EFFECTIVE A.T. CORRIDOR Construct a cycle lane along Sherbrook St., bike parking and waynding, to demonstrate the BIZ dedicaon to being a green / sustainable district.
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DEVELOP HIGHLY VISIBLE BIZ GATEWAY AT SHERBROOK ST. Develop compelling BIZ brand graphics for the enre length of the overhead walkway to create an archway that captures the colour and identy of the district.
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Prominently located BIZ graphic branding on cobra light xtures. Seasonal displays in planters
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Seasonally changing banners at entrance to BIZ Seasonal displays in planters
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Prominently located BIZ graphic branding with seasonally changing banner displays
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Prominently located BIZ graphic branding with seasonally changing banner displays Inll tree planng to frame entrance into BIZ
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Soen hard fenced edge with planng Connuous paving indicaon on sidewalk and intersecon to demonstrate pedestrian priority around corner
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Inll tree planng to frame entrance Opportunity for BIZ branding and waynding (in associaon with Art City)
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BIZ Informaon Kiosk Ornamental fence with planng, setback from property line to create feature corner with planter and informaon kiosk New banner poles, prominently located BIZ graphic branding
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STREETSCAPING
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Street Furnishing Zone Building Setback Zone Opportunity to partner with property owners to provide addional pedestrian amenies in building setback area
District Branding and Seasonal Planng on Exisng Pedestrian Light Fixtures Universally Accessible Clear Path of Travel
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District Branding Banners on Cobra Street Light Narrow R.O.W. Limited space for streetscape furnishings Property Line
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Recommendaons
1) Introduce streetscaping improvements to create cohesive district image and comfortable pedestrian environment. Inll tree planng, New contemporary site furnishings such as bike racks BIZ district branding Upgrade sidewalks to meet universally accessible standards (in associaon with COW street renewal works) 2) Promote building and facade enhancements that enliven / enrich street character and/or oer addional public amenies by providing incenves through facade improvement program and building partnership with local business owners Encourage landscaping of building setback zone to provide seang and planters Breaking up long facade with planters, building arculaon such as windows and doors Framing building entries with planng or paving Enrich facade design with signage/ canopies/ awnings Facade Lighng to enhance pedestrian ambient light Planng / fencing/ screening to buer parking lots 3) Iniate a Plan Development Overlay to guide appropriate future developments Provide basis for a future Planned Development Overlay that would become a zoning regulaon, which supports BIZ goals
Examples of Broadway Corridor streetscaping are provided in the following pages through before and aer photo simulaons. Images present recommendaons that apply to more than one situaon along the corridor.
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EXISTING
Street Tree missing Narrow R.O.W. limited opportunies for furnishings Clear path of travel not delineated
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Inll Street Trees Street Furnishings Zone bike racks and pedestrian light xtures
Paving Improvements to meet Universal Accessibility guidelines and delineate clear path of travel
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EXISTING
Building Entry Entry to Broadway has been closed
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Establish rhythm and connuity with BIZ branding on banners
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Commercial Entry
Frame building entry with planters, seasonal displays, or furnishings and delineated entrance with paving
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Exposed Parking Lot
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Seasonal planng display with oversized hanging planters Establish rhythm and connuity with BIZ branding on pedestrian light xtures.
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Frame building entry with planters, seasonal displays, or furnishings and delineated entrance with paving
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Street Furnishing Zone Encourage bike parking facilies 1.5- 2.5m clear path of travel Exisng Pedestrian Light with District Branding & Seasonal Planng
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Building Frontage Zone Provides an opportunity for property owners to spill out into the R.O.W. with: - Seang - Planters - Pao Tables - Display Boards & Tables
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Recommendations
Introduce streetscaping improvements to create cohesive district image and comfortable pedestrian environment. - Street Tree inll planng - BIZ district branding - Upgrade sidewalks to universally accessible standards (in associaon with COW street renewal works) - Install furnishings such as bike racks to promote cycling and A.T., planters and benches Develop A.T. infrastructure (cycle lane and parking) to encourage sustainable transportaon Encourage building and facade improvements through - Partnership with business owners - Incenves through facade improvement program Develop a Plan Development Overlay to guide appropriate future developments that enhance the exisng street character strengths Promote facade enhancements that enliven / enrich street character and/or oer addional public amenies. - Encourage spill out of businesses onto sidewalk (pao, signage, sales) - Breaking up long facade with planters, building arculaon such as windows and doors - Framing building entries with planng or paving - Enrich facade design with signage/ canopies/ awnings - Facade Lighng to enhance pedestrian ambient light - Planng / fencing/ screening to buer parking lots
Examples of Broadway Corridor streetscaping are provided in the following pages through before and aer photo simulaons. Images present recommendaons that apply to more than one situaon along the corridor.
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EXISTING
Exposed Parking Lot open to the sidewalk
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Seang, tables along building frontage to spill out onto sidewalk Seasonal planng to frame building entry
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Sherbrook Corridor Streetscaping Examples - Facade Design with Signage and Canopies
Enrich facade design with signage/ canopies/ awnings
Faade design enhancements with colourful canopies, signage + lighng, window boxes Main public entrance facing main street or directly accessible from public sidewalk. Change door style to create more inving entrance
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Wide R.O.W., opportunity for Business to take advantage of building frontage zone Bike Parking limited facilies
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Opportunity for businesses to spill out onto public R.O.W with seang, display table etc. Encourage cycling parking infrastructure to accommodate and promote cycling
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Corridor Streetscaping Examples - Inll Tree Planng, Protecng the Urban Forest
Engage in discussions with City Councilor and City of Winnipeg Forestry department to promote inll tree planng. Inll Tree planng in Commercial Areas (shown in pink on maps below) to follow City of Winnipegs Best Pracces for Urban Trees principles and guidelines on Regional Streets . Tree guards to be installed with all new street tree planng in commercial areas. These guidelines are in place to enhance success of urban tree survival. Guidelines include tree planng using structure cells below sidewalk. Inll Tree planng in Residenal Areas (shown in green) can be planted directly into sodded boulevard or open trenches as per images on right.
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Precedent Example
Promote facade lighng that contributes to the ambiance and safety of the street during evening hours. Refurbish Pedestrian Light Fixtures. Refurbish and clean up exisng pedestrian light xtures with replacement of bases, consistent xtures throughout district, and painng poles Fixture Replacement Opons: (Cost prohibited in the short term) Select new xtures and poles to update look and feel Select new xtures that focus light on branding and signage Replace exisng xtures with coloured LED for unique colour ambiance along street
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Community Gardens
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Faade Enhancement Examples: Main public entrance facing the main street or directly accessible from public sidewalk Add faade arculaon to visually interrupt long faades such as projecons, recesses, awnings, windows, building entries, seang and planters High quality design of canopy and building signage Increased building transparency, such as addion of display windows, to provide visual interest to pedestrian environment Seang and planters in setback zones Fencing and hedges to buer parking lots Faade accent lighng
Execuve Summary of Best Pracces Similar grant programs were reviewed from Edmonton, Alberta; Toronto, Ontario; Portland, Oregon; Minneapolis, Minnesota; San Diego, California and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Design Guides from Edmonton and Minneapolis are provided in the Appendix. The following is a summary of some of the best pracces from these other communies: Several cies have developed design guides to assist businesses with improvements. The best design guides use a signicant amount of graphics. Matching grants were available from $5000 to $60,000 in each community. Most communies have a maximum amount of funding established for each year. Grant programs recognized that buildings located on a corner have two faades to do improvements on. Corner buildings eligible for addional funds beyond the program maximum. Pre-qualied architects were held on retainer to provide design assistance to qualifying businesses. Websites for grant programs recognized past winners as well as providing before and aer pictures. Grant awardees recognized contribuons through signage placed in windows. Grant programs had sta person dedicated for answering quesons and providing assistance with applicaon process. Most grant programs dene what work is eligible (i.e. new signage, exterior painng or new awnings) and what work is not (i.e. security bars, roof structural work, interior window coverings). Programs set condions on award, including maintaining improvements for at least ve years.
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This same PDO is also in eect over secons of neighbourhood streets such as Osborne St., Selkirk Ave., Corydon Ave., and Ellice Ave. This PDO provides very limited direcon and regulaons and does not capitalize on the full power and potenal of the PDO tool (see aached for copy of the by-law). In contrast, streets such as Provencher Blvd., Academy Rd. and Pembina Hwy. (through St. Norbert) each have street specic PDOs which provide zoning regulaons and standards specic to the street but also reecng the unique identy of the surrounding neighbourhood. The City of Winnipeg is currently conducng a review of the Citys zoning by-law. As part of this review, the City may be revising PDO-1 Neighbourhood Main Streets. Currently, there is no meline or funding commied to this project and no indicaon of when or if it will occur. For consideraon and to help realize the direcon provided by the Master Plan, we propose the following opons: Opon 1 (City Wide PDO) The BIZ should monitor and become involved in the planned revisions to PDO-1 Neighbourhood Main Streets. We recommend the BIZ to discuss with the area Councillor and highlight the need for addional detail and regulaons for future development. Again, there is no meline or funding for this project and it may take several years to be completed. Opon 2 (Street Specic PDO) Just as streets like Academy Rd. have done, a site specic PDO could be developed for Broadway and Sherbrook St. This project would be much smaller than the City-wide revision to PDO-1 Neighbourhood Main Streets, and as a result, potenally implemented much quicker. Again, for this opon we recommend the BIZ discusses with the area Councillor for consideraon and support.
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2013 2014
Gateway at Portage Ave. & Broadway: Design development/ tender for spring 2014 construcon Gateway Sherbrook St.: Begin discussion with Misericordia Health Centre Branding: Install Banners on exisng cobra lights and pedestrian light xtures Faade improvement program: Re-structuring program and establish budgeng for next year Planned Development Overlay: Begin discussions with City of Winnipeg Planning Department on a Planned Development Overlay (Updang exisng P.D.O. -1 Neighbourhood Main Streets; or iniang own process for Sherbrook St. and Broadway) Tree re-planng strategy: Begin discussions with forestry and councilor Design site furnishings strategy A.T. Corridor and bump-outs: Begin discussions with city of Winnipeg A.T. Coordinator Develop operaons/ maintenance agreement with City of Winnipeg
2014 2015
Gateway at Sherbrook St.: Design development/ tender/ construcon Gateway at Osborne St. & Broadway: Begin discussion with Great West Life Branding: Install Banners in new locaons and seasonally changing locaons Faade Improvement Program: Roll out new program and markeng Site Furnishings : Begin implemenng site furnishing strategy in strategic locaons (coordinate with City of Winnipeg street works) Informaon Kiosk and Important Intersecon Sherbrook St. & Broadway and Young & Broadway: Design development A.T. Corridor: Design development/ tender/ construcon (dependent on City of Winnipeg Scheduling)
2015 2016
Gateway Osborne St. and Broadway: Design development/ tender/ construcon Informaon Kiosk and Important Intersecon Sherbrook St. and Broadway & Young St. and Broadway: Tender/ construcon Site Furnishings: Begin implemenng site furnishing strategy in strategic locaons (coordinate with City of Winnipeg street works) A.T. Corridor: Design development/ tender/ construcon (dependent on City of Winnipeg scheduling)
Note: Priories are subject to change as project progresses and as informaon is received on City Streetworks Schedule.
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COSTING
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