OPEN HOUSE: PROPOSED ASPEN RIDGE NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPT PLAN AND AMENDMENT TO THE EVERGREEN NEIGHBOURHOOD CONCEPT PLAN – TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2014

Aspen Ridge Neighbourhood Concept Plan
Aspen Ridge is a proposed residential neighbourhood, consisting of 639 acres, and is the next neighbourhood to be developed in the University Heights Suburban Development Area.  Its boundaries include the Evergreen neighbourhood and University of Saskatchewan lands on the south, the proposed Perimeter Highway route on the northeast, and the Northeast Swale on the northwest.

The neighbourhood has been designed to be walkable with amenities, transit, and recreational spaces close to homes.  It will include a variety of housing, such as one-unit dwellings, townhouses, multiple-unit dwellings, and mixed-use development combining residential with retail and office space.  Elements will include a complete streets design concept for McOrmond Drive, a village square, a multi-use greenway abutting the Northeast Swale, and a linear park system.  Upon completion, the neighbourhood will be home to approximately 12,956 residents.

Amendment to the Evergreen Neighbourhood Concept Plan
An amendment to the Evergreen Neighbourhood Concept Plan is proposed to accommodate changes to the District Village in the northeast corner of the neighbourhood.  The changes will support the transition of McOrmond Drive to the complete streets design concept as it enters Aspen Ridge and foster better connections between the two neighbourhoods.

Amendments to the Zoning Bylaw are also proposed in relation to this concept plan amendment.

The public is invited to attend a “come-and-go” open house to view the proposed Aspen Ridge Neighbourhood Concept Plan and the amendment to the Evergreen Neighbourhood Concept Plan, and to ask questions of the City of Saskatoon staff and development partners.  Details are as follows:

Proposed Aspen Ridge Neighbourhood Concept Plan and Evergreen Neighbourhood Concept Plan Amendment Open House
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Alice Turner Library (Auditorium)
110 Nelson Road

Can’t make the open house?  Visit www.shapingsaskatoon.ca/discussions from March 18 to April 1 to view details of the proposals and to share your thoughts. 

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