Whitemud District
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District Planning is a multi-year project to build The City Plan’s 15-minute districts—small towns in our big city— where people can meet many of their daily needs locally.
The Whitemud District is located in the southwest area of the city and is one of fifteen districts in Edmonton’s District Network as outlined in The City Plan. Nearby districts include West Edmonton, Jasper Place, Scona, Mill Woods and Meadows and Southwest (see Figure 6.1: Citywide Context). Whitemud District, exempting the Anthony Henday, includes the following neighbourhoods: Aspen Gardens, Bearspaw, Blackmud Creek Ravine, Blue Quill, Blue Quill Estates, Brander Gardens, Brookside, Bulyea Heights, Calgary Trail South, Carter Crest, Duggan, Ermineskin, Falconer Heights, Greenfield, Haddow, Henderson Estates, Hodgson, Keheewin, Leger, Mactaggart, Magrath Heights, Ogilvie Ridge, Ramsay Heights, Rhatigan Ridge, Rideau Park, Royal Gardens, Skyrattler, South Terwillegar, Steinhauer, Terwillegar Towne, Twin Brooks, Westbrook Estates, Whitemud Creek Ravine North, Whitemud Creek Ravine South, Whitemud Creek Ravine and Twin Brooks.
Check out the draft District General Policy and the draft Whitemud District Plan and Area Plans Proposed to be Repealed. You have from August 23 until the end of November to share your input.
Digital Engagement Opportunities
Engaged Edmonton - Post your ideas, share your thoughts and ask questions on the Whitemud District in the tools below until October 24. You can navigate between tools by clicking on the tabs.
| Each district has a unique Engaged Edmonton page where you can contribute feedback on other district plans. You can also locate these district pages under "Current Projects" on the Engaged Edmonton site. | ||
| 118 Avenue District | Central District | Ellerslie District |
| Horse Hill District | Jasper Place District | Mill Woods & Meadows District |
| Northeast District | Northwest District | Rabbit Hill District |
| Scona District | Southeast District | Southwest District |
| West Edmonton District | West Henday District | Whitemud District |
Online Workshops - Help refine the draft Zoning Bylaw, draft District General Policy and district plans through a series of online workshops. Register for one or more of the following interactive online workshops to learn more and provide your feedback on the following topics. Sessions are limited to 60 participants each.
Guiding Neighbourhood Redevelopment (Oct 12 or Nov 5)
Enabling Growth in Nodes and Corridors (Oct 15 or Nov 17)
Fostering 15-Minute Communities (Oct 20 or Nov 26)
Survey - Provide feedback on both the District General Policy and district plans by completing a survey. The survey will close on Saturday, October 15, 2022.
In-Person Public Engagement Events
District Open Houses - There will be in-person open houses in each of the 15 districts. Edmontonians are welcome to attend the district open house of their choosing, but some open houses will feature district-specific information. Visit the specific district plan Engaged Edmonton page for event details or the calendar of events.
The Whitemud District will be featured at the following events:
Southwest District, Monday, September 12, 5–8pm at Ellerslie Rugby Club
Whitemud District, Wednesday, September 21, 6-9pm at Yellowbird East Community League
Scona District, Thursday, October 6, 5pm-8pm at Queen Alexandra Community League
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The Whitemud District Plan contains information and a map on the district context. District context includes:
Physical context which describes where the district is located within the city
Historical context which describes past uses of the land and cultural significance
Development context which describes the land uses and how the district is built
Figure 6.2: District Context - Assets in the district plan currently show the following feature categories: city-wide health and emergency services, community assets, and district energy opportunity areas.
The community assets category highlights features like arenas, pools, community halls, city-wide arts and cultural facilities, libraries, schools, post secondary schools, park and ride sites, open spaces, mass transit routes, and current employment areas.
When thinking about community assets that the City provides to Edmontonians, and what you access now or would like to access within 15 minutes from your home, are there other features you would like to see included on the map? If yes, post your idea and let us know why this matters to you.
Share your idea or ‘like’ an idea someone else has posted.
View All Ideas9 months ago
I love being 15 minutes from adventure and wilderness
Edmonton's network of single track trails for walking, hiking, running and biking are an amazing resource for our physical and mental wellbeing. 15 minutes from my house are an extensive networks of trails, of varying difficulty. This allows my young family to do a stroller walk in an evening, to a family hike off the beaten trail on a Sunday with older kids, and a more aggressive adult-only bike ride during a lunch-hour working from home. This is Edmonton's chief selling feature in my mind and it's what keeps me here. I hope opportunities to explore and experience wilderness within the city, at all levels of difficulty, will continue to be preserved!
9 months ago
De-prioritize single-user vehicles as the map base
The map is drawn using vehicle roads as a base, with the icons then overlayed on it. Individual vehicles are not the future of transportation in the world, and we need to reframe how we prioritize them. If we started our map base with sidewalks, multi-use trails, bike lanes, and other pedestrian corridors, we would see a lot of huge "gaps" in non-motorized access to community assets, and could bridge some gaps to truly get closer to a 15-minute area. The attached image is from google maps and overlays the official bike routes and multi-use trails as solid green lines. The gaps in accessibility and missing connections immediately start to reveal themselves.
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The City Plan is Edmonton’s big-picture vision for the future. In this video series, we’re breaking down the steps we need to take to plan a healthy, urban and climate-resilient city of two million people.
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District Planning establishes The City Plan’s District Network of 15 districts across Edmonton and a common District General Policy shared among them. Individual district plans and District General Policy will guide city growth in an incremental way and lay the foundation for 15-minute communities.
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A comprehensive overhaul of our current Zoning Bylaw. It includes rethinking how, what and why we regulate land use, to support The City Plan’s building outcomes and streamline the City’s development services.
