SPRUCE GROVE CITY CENTRE PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN

Client: Bunt & Associates/City of Spruce Grove | 2021

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The City of Spruce Grove retained Bunt & Associates to undertake the development of a Parking Management Plan for the City Centre. Uplift Engagement Communications (Uplift Co.) was retained by Bunt to lead the public and stakeholder engagement process. 

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The project objectives included quantifying the existing and future projected supply and demand for parking; providing recommendations to optimize the current supply of on-street parking; and providing a strategic long-term plan that allows the city to manage parking needs associated with future growth and revitalization as intended in the City Centre Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP). ​

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Uplift Co. developed the Stakeholder Engagement + Communications Plan, and created and managed a detailed schedule of planning/design, project promotion, and engagement activities in close coordination with the city and the technical team. We set up and analyzed surveys, including a stakeholder thought-consensus poll, created all presentation materials, facilitated on-line stakeholder workshops, analyzed findings, and provided two public participation summary reports. 

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City Centre residents, business owners, employees, and the general public were all invited to participate in the activities. This project took place with many unknowns and challenges due to COVID-19, yet we successfully maintained a frequent schedule of meetings with the Project Steering Committee and worked with the business community to help promote the project using both mail and on-line communication methods. The recommendations provided in the Final Parking Management Plan represented the excellent community input received through the engagement process. 

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"The Committee of the Whole meeting went very well and we would like to thank you for a smooth process from start to finish."

- Jamie-Lynn Scobie, Economic Development Specialist Commercial, City of Spruce Grove

 

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