Complete and Livable Community

• To create a plan that blends together a range of housing options that suit a spectrum of needs, regardless of age or background

• To focus on delivering high-quality design by concentrating an appropriate amount of residential lots and buildings, while preserving passive green spaces from the former Meadows Golf Course

• To ensure a well-connected neighbourhood, offering access to opportunities

Range of Housing Options

• To add in-demand housing that is affordable to the market

• Add supply to address a constrained inventory that is fueling a rapid rise in housing cost

• To generate long-term economic benefits for East St. Paul

• Introducing aging in place opportunities

• To bring diverse housing to the market that is high-quality and desirable with nearby amenities, while creating livable and affordable market conditions

• To plan for a complete community from the outset that is serviceable

Sustainability & Green Energy

• District Geothermal Heating & Cooling

• Preserving of trees where appropriate

• Dedication to active transportation pathways and connections

• Efficient street network design

• Opportunities for new park space, trails

Address Infrastructure Constraints

• To maximize use of capital dollars through planned for and efficient land development

• To leverage benefits from recent interchange upgrades and improved flow of people and goods throughout the northeast quadrant of the Winnipeg Metro Region

• To increase municipal revenues

• To work together to address current infrastructure gaps.

• Changing demand characteristics - Winnipeg region requires a minimum of 118,000 new units to satisfy demand to 2050

• Property buyers still prefer houses or ground level units

• Post-Covid survey of property owners reveals that Covid-19 introduced concepts that people can work from anywhere without a downtown commute and that they want to be part of a connected community

• The Winnipeg region is now more unaffordable than Calgary, Edmonton, and Quebec

• Due to supply constraints, there is not enough housing that people can afford

• Leads to more bidders, greater competition, and a sharp rise in cost for a place to live

• Affordability is now a real issue - while people desire a house, cannot afford to ‘buy into’ larger lot developments

• Demand far exceeds supply

• An increase in density leverages important new revenue for the RM through development

• Infrastructure challenges are addressed most effectively and without burden to the ratepayer